Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
Date: | Sunday 16 April 2023 |
Time: | c. 09:00 |
Type: | Saab 340A |
Operator: | TAG Airlines |
Registration: | TG-TAI |
MSN: | 340A-074 |
First flight: | 1986 |
Engines: | 2 General Electric CT7-5A2 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Flores-Mundo Maya International Airport (FRS) ( Guatemala)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Cancún Airport (CUN/MMUN), Mexico |
Destination airport: | Flores-Mundo Maya International Airport (FRS/MGTK), Guatemala |
Flightnumber: | TGU211 |
Narrative:TAG Airlines flight TGU211, a Saab 340A, TG-TAI, suffered a runway excursion during a landing attempt at Flores-Mundo Maya International Airport (FRS), Guatemala.
The seventeen passengers and crew were not injured.
The flight crew did not receice a down and locked indication after selecting the gear down in preparation for landing at FRS.
The pilot decided to perform two flyovers, requesting visual verification of the landing gear's condition from the control tower.
The observers on the ground did not notice any abnormalities.
However, during landing rollout, the right main landing gear collapsed, causing the aircraft to slide on its right wing. This resulted in damages to the wing tip, propeller, engine, and runway lights. Subsequently, there was a runway excursion towards the right side.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | UIA Costa Rica |
Status: | Investigation ongoing |
Accident number: | UIA-A-05-2023 | Download report: | Preliminary report
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Classification:
Runway excursion (veer-off)
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Distance from Cancún Airport to Flores-Mundo Maya International Airport as the crow flies is 552 km (345 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.