ASN Aircraft accident Cessna 208B Grand Caravan VT-UDN Lalgarh Airport
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Tuesday 7 August 2018
Time:17:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic C208 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Operator:Supreme Airlines
Registration: VT-UDN
MSN: 208B2420
First flight: 2013
Engines: 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Lalgarh Airport (   India)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Jaipur International Airport (JAI/VIJP), India
Destination airport:Lalgarh Airport, India
Flightnumber: 503
Narrative:
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan of Supreme Airlines suffered a runway excursion after landing at Lalgarh Airport, India.
The aircraft impacted a wall and sustained substantial damage. There were no injuries to the nine occupants.
According to the pilot there were birds present in the runway area.
Lalgarh Airport has a single runway (06/24) measuring 1300 m x 28 m.

Probable Cause:

Probable cause of the accident
The crew delayed the aircraft descent instead of going around as birds were seen crossing the runway resulting in firm touchdown at higher speed requiring longer landing roll distance due to which the aircraft hit the boundary wall existing at the end of runway strip causing damages to the aircraft.

Accident investigation:

Investigating agency: AAIB India
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year and 4 months
Accident number: final report
Download report: Final report

Classification:
Late landing
Runway excursion (overrun)

Sources:
» Times of India
» Gulf News India
» DGCA suspends licence of pilot whose plane crashed into Sri Ganganagar airport wall (timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 9 August 2018)


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Distance from Jaipur International Airport to Lalgarh Airport as the crow flies is 377 km (235 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.

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.
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