ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319846
| Date: | Tuesday 25 July 2017 |
| Time: | 17:55 |
| Type: |  PADC/Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander |
| Owner/operator: | Roraima Airways |
| Registration: | 8R-GRA |
| MSN: | 3006 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 24716 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-E4C5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 0,25 km from Eteringbang Airport -
 Guyana
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Ekereku Airport (EKE) |
| Eteringbang Airport (SYET) | |
| Investigating agency: | GAAIU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A BN-2A-26 Islander impacted terrain while on approach to runway 03 at Eteringbang Airport, Guyana. The pilot sustained fatal injuries.
The aircraft was engaged in shuttling fuel for miners between Ekereku and Eteringbang. It came down in an area of thick vegetation.
Probable Cause:
The pilot flew a non-standard traffic pattern very low and very close to the runway. The excessive and extreme fight manoeuvres to position the aircraft for the landing resulted in a loss of aircraft control.
Contributory Factors:
The pilots failure to operate in accordance with established standard operating procedures when approaching the runway to land.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Updated: Roraima Airways pilot dies in plane crash (demerarawaves.com, 25 July 2017)
Pilot perishes in Eteringbang crash (kaieteurnewsonline.com, 26 July 2017)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 November 1996 | 8R-GRA | Roraima Airways | 0 | near Ebini | |
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| 24 August 2016 | 8R-GRA | Roraima Airways | 0 | Eteringbang Airport, Region 2 | |
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