Narrative:
The air ambulance plane was transporting two Italian patients from Quito, Ecuador for medical treatment to Washington and Milan. A refueling stop was made in Panama. After refueling, the airplane was started and taxied to runway 3L. After lifting off the runway it reportedly pitched up vertically, the nose then lowered, and the wings rocked side to side. The airplane veered right with a 90-degree bank and impacted the ground on taxiway Hotel. The right wing and right engine separated from the fuselage. The airplane rolled onto its back, collapsing the vertical stabilizer. The main fuselage, left wing, and left engine continued across a grass field, where it struck an airport worker, and impacted a concrete wall. The airplane continued through the wall, and came to rest inverted inside an empty building - the former Evergreen International hangar.
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» NTSB
| Status: | Accident Investigation report not yet completed, but information verified through authorities or other sources. |
| Date: | Friday 2 July 2004 |
| Time: | 13:38 |
| Type: |  IAI 1124 Westwind |
| Operator: | Air Trek |
| Registration: | N280AT |
| MSN: | 247 |
| First flight: | 1979 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TFE731-3-1G |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Panama City-Tocumen International Airport (PTY) ( Panama)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Panama City-Tocumen International Airport (PTY/MPTO), Panama |
| Washington-Dulles International Airport, DC (IAD/KIAD), United States of America |
The air ambulance plane was transporting two Italian patients from Quito, Ecuador for medical treatment to Washington and Milan. A refueling stop was made in Panama. After refueling, the airplane was started and taxied to runway 3L. After lifting off the runway it reportedly pitched up vertically, the nose then lowered, and the wings rocked side to side. The airplane veered right with a 90-degree bank and impacted the ground on taxiway Hotel. The right wing and right engine separated from the fuselage. The airplane rolled onto its back, collapsing the vertical stabilizer. The main fuselage, left wing, and left engine continued across a grass field, where it struck an airport worker, and impacted a concrete wall. The airplane continued through the wall, and came to rest inverted inside an empty building - the former Evergreen International hangar.
Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» Airliners.net» Crítica
» NTSB
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Distance from Panama City-Tocumen International Airport to Washington-Dulles International Airport, DC as the crow flies is 3310 km (2069 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Panama City-Tocumen International Airport to Washington-Dulles International Airport, DC as the crow flies is 3310 km (2069 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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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IAI 1124
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- 19th loss
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