Date:	Wednesday 7 June 2006
Time:	07:02
Type:	Boeing 747-2U3B (SF)
Owner/operator:	Tradewinds International Airlines
Registration:	N922FT
MSN:	22768/561
Year of manufacture:	1982
Total airframe hrs:	78767 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7Q
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Rionegro/Medellín-José María Córdova Airport (MDE) -   Colombia
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Rionegro/Medellín-José María Córdova Airport (MDE/SKRG)
Destination airport:	Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA)
Investigating agency:	Aerocivil
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Takeoff from Medellin (MDE) was aborted because of engine problems. The aircraft could not be brought to a halt on the runway and overran into a field. The nose gear was sheared off completely and the 747 came to rest about 150 m past the 3500 m long runway.

unofficial Spanish translation:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The beginning of an aborted take-off (RTO) at a speed higher than 12 knots calculated for the existing conditions.
CONTRIBUTING CAUSES:
Failure to include factors such as a wet runway in the calculation of takeoff speeds.
The absence of a flight dispatcher properly certified and qualified for the equipment.
The failure of engine number 1 for reasons unknown."

Avión carguero de EEUU se accidenta en aeropuerto de Rionegro (Terra, 7-6-2006)

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); August 2003

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