Narrative:
A Swearingen SA227-DC Metro 23 passenger plane, CP-2655, sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident at Sucre Airport, Bolivia. The eight passengers and two pilots on board escaped unharmed.
The airplane had just landed on runway 05 following a domestic passenger flight from Potosí. At a speed of 50 knots during the landing roll the nosewheel steering failed. The airplane swerved to the left and ran down a rocky embankment.
CAUSES (translated from Spanish):
"The investigation determined that the probable cause of the accident was due to a system failure of the nose gear steering, which caused the aircraft to lose control during the landing, and going off the left side of the runway (RUNWAY EXCURSION)."
» ICAO Adrep
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Tuesday 20 August 2013 |
| Time: | 08:47 |
| Type: |  Fairchild SA227-DC Metro 23 |
| Operator: | Aerocon |
| Registration: | CP-2655 |
| MSN: | DC-819B |
| First flight: | 1993 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 34960 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TPE331-12UHR-701 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Sucre-Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport (SRE) ( Bolivia)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Potosí-Capitán Nicolas Rojas Airport (POI/SLPO), Bolivia |
| Sucre-Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport (SRE/SLSU), Bolivia | |
| Flightnumber: | 228 |
A Swearingen SA227-DC Metro 23 passenger plane, CP-2655, sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident at Sucre Airport, Bolivia. The eight passengers and two pilots on board escaped unharmed.
The airplane had just landed on runway 05 following a domestic passenger flight from Potosí. At a speed of 50 knots during the landing roll the nosewheel steering failed. The airplane swerved to the left and ran down a rocky embankment.
Probable Cause:
CAUSES (translated from Spanish):
"The investigation determined that the probable cause of the accident was due to a system failure of the nose gear steering, which caused the aircraft to lose control during the landing, and going off the left side of the runway (RUNWAY EXCURSION)."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Runway excursion (veer-off)
Sources:
» La Razon» ICAO Adrep
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Distance from Potosí-Capitán Nicolas Rojas Airport to Sucre-Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport as the crow flies is 75 km (47 miles).
Distance from Potosí-Capitán Nicolas Rojas Airport to Sucre-Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport as the crow flies is 75 km (47 miles).
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