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| Date: | Wednesday 28 July 2021 |
| Time: | c. 16:20 LT |
| Type: |  Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 Islander |
| Owner/operator: | Roraima Airways |
| Registration: | 8R-GRB |
| MSN: | 431 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 24000 hours |
| Cycles: | 37176 flights |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-E4C5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Aricheng Airstrip (SYAR) -
 Guyana
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Aricheng Airstrip (SYAR) |
| Kamarang Airport (KAR/SYKM) | |
| Investigating agency: | GAAIU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Roraima Airways flight ROR700, a BN-2A-27 Islander, overran Aricheng Airstrip on takeoff. The commander said that at 1400 feet down the runway, the aircraft reached 55-60 knots but failed to rotate when he manipulated the controls.
The aircraft overran the runway and stopped. The airplane was ferrying five drums of fuel.
Take-off was attempted at a maximum takeoff weight of 6,925 lbs. This is well in excess of both the design MTOW (6,600 lbs) and the on-the-day limit of 6,370 lbs (300 ft, ISA+13° C).
CASUAL FACTORS / PROBABLE CAUSE
The accident was probably caused due to lack of crew situational awareness, aircraft overweight and the Centre of Gravity being too forward thereby giving the aircraft a nose heavy tendency.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://demerarawaves.com/2021/07/28/roraima-airways-plane-damaged-in-incident-on-interior-airstrip/
https://villagevoicenews.com/2021/07/28/roraima-airways-plane-crashes-on-take-off-in-region-seven/
https://newssourcegy.com/news/civil-aviation-probing-roraima-aircraft-incident-in-region-7/
Location
Media:
…third aviation accident in past month
— Village Voice News (@villagevoicegy) July 29, 2021
A Britten-Norman Islander aircraft operated by Roraima Airways crashed on take-off from the Aricheng aerodrome in Region Seven on Wednesday afternoon, the third accident within the domestic aviation sector this… https://t.co/STf6r6I9Z3
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jul-2021 09:43 | gerard57 | Added |
| 29-Jul-2021 09:54 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Destination airport, Source, Damage, ] |
| 29-Jul-2021 10:53 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Aug-2021 18:49 | harro | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 22-Apr-2022 21:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 06-Jun-2024 16:12 | ASN | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative, Category, Accident report, ] |
| 06-Jun-2024 16:14 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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