Accident description
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| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 12 AUG 2007 |
| Time: | 09:39 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402 Q400 |
| Operator: | Jeju Air |
| Registration: | HL5256 |
| C/n / msn: | 4141 |
| First flight: | 2006 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 74 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Busan-Gimhae (Pusan) International Airport (PUS) (South Korea)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Jeju (Cheju) International Airport (CJU/RKPC), South Korea |
| Busan-Gimhae (Pusan) International Airport (PUS/RKPK), South Korea | |
| Flightnumber: | 502 |
The DHC-8 landed on runway 18R and went off the side of the runway.It ran into a drainage ditch which lies between both runways. The left hand main gear leg collapsed and propeller blades separated.
Weather around the time of the accident (00:37 Z) was:
RKPK 120000Z 13016KT 9999 FEW020 BKN040 OVC100 28/23 Q1003 NOSIG=
RKPK 120100Z 13013KT 9999 FEW020 BKN040 OVC100 28/24 Q1003 NOSIG=
Sources:
» ARAIB
» Gukje Shinmun
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Jeju (Cheju) International Airport (CJU/RKPC) to Busan-Gimhae (Pusan) International Airport (PUS/RKPK) as the crow flies is 289 km (181 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
Distance from Jeju (Cheju) International Airport (CJU/RKPC) to Busan-Gimhae (Pusan) International Airport (PUS/RKPK) as the crow flies is 289 km (181 miles).
