ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65218
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 June 2007 |
| Time: | 15:17 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Turbo Otter |
| Owner/operator: | SriLankan Air Taxi |
| Registration: | 4R-ARB |
| MSN: | 393 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Colombo-Ratmalana Airport (RML/VCCC) -
 Sri Lanka
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Konduwatuwana |
| Colombo-Ratmalana Airport (RML/VCCC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
SriLankan Airlines flight UL 5302, a DHC-3 float plane, landed on Runway 22 at Colombo Airport, Ratmalana.
The aircraft operated as a charter passenger flight, departing Konduwatuwana tank in Ampara for Colombo Airport, Ratmalana. It was a single crew operation and the pilot landed after being satisfied with the technical performance of the aircraft, but with no landing gears down. The pilot later realized the situation and has taken necessary action to minimise the damage occurred.
The pilot was in the situation of chronic fatigue due to aircraft operator's decision to cease the operation thereby him loosing employment.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.caa.lk
https://www.dhc-3archive.com/393_4R-ARB_unk_07012005_mjo_1024a.jpg
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-May-2009 11:12 | harro | Added |
| 20-Jul-2011 13:31 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2020 16:53 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
| 26-Dec-2021 10:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 31-Dec-2021 14:52 | Prometheus | Updated [Operator] |
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