Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | vendredi 24 mars 2006 |
Heure: | 11:02 |
Type/Sous-type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
Compagnie: | Aerotaxis Ecuatorianos SA - ATESA |
Immatriculation: | HC-BXD |
Numéro de série: | 208B0591 |
Année de Fabrication: | 1997 |
Heures de vol: | 5736 |
Cycles: | 10332 |
Moteurs: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 2 |
Passagers: | victimes: 5 / à bord: 12 |
Total: | victimes: 5 / à bord: 14 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Lieu de l'accident: | 0,5 km (0.3 milles) N of Cuenca-Mariscal Lamar Airport (CUE) ( Equateur)
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Phase de vol: | En montée initiale (ICL) |
Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
Aéroport de départ: | Cuenca Airport (CUE/SECU), Equateur |
Aéroport de destination: | Macas Airport (XMS/SEMC), Equateur |
Détails:A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, registered, HC-BXD, was destroyed when it crashed into a building shortly after takeoff from Cuenca-Mariscal Lamar Airport (CUE).
The airplane had arrived at Cuenca at 10:18 after an uneventful flight from Macas (XMS). The Cessna 208B was prepared for the return flight to Macas and twelve passengers boarded the flight with 240 lb (109 kg) of baggage. Startup was approved at 10:57 and the airplane taxied to runway 05 for departure. The flight was airborne at 10:59, reaching a height of 300 feet. After passing the end of the runway, the airplane began to descend rapidly. The nose wheel hit the roof of a building from the Compañía Ecuatoriana del Caucho rubber processing company. The Cessna struck a wall and came to rest nose-down.
Probable Cause:
translated from Spanish:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The investigating commission believes that the probable cause of the accident was a failure of the turbine compressor blades which had a creep condition [deformation due to hight temperatures]"
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: "Inadequate maintenance at the company. Lack of operational control of the company. Failure to comply with the Hot Section Inspection (HSI) at 3600 hours. Operting the engine 200 additional hours on top of Time Between Overhauls (TBO) without carrying out the the technical requirements needed."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | DGAC Ecuador |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 5 months | Download report: | Final report
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Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Cuenca Airport et Macas Airport est de 116 km (72 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.