Accident Cessna T303 Crusader , Wednesday 12 May 1999

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Date:	Wednesday 12 May 1999
Time:
Type:	Cessna T303 Crusader
Owner/operator:
Registration:
MSN:	T303-00140
Total airframe hrs:	4903 hours
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Pista KM-35 - Ecuador
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Guayaquil Airport
Destination airport:	Pista KM-35
Investigating agency:	DGAC Ecuador
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The aircraft took off from Guayaquil Airport bound for KM-35, prior to landing, the pilot reconnoitered the runway, the approach was made at a speed of 80 knots, on cutting the throttle the aircraft collapsed, so the pilot pulled the tail back, the aircraft hit wheels in the centre of the runway and veered to the right, the pilot tried to regain the correct trajectory but did not apply the left brake, The pilot tried to recover the correct trajectory but did not apply the left brake, so the aircraft went off the landing surface, and on its way the right wing hit the concrete posts of the enclosure, the front landing gear came off causing a 180° turn with respect to its trajectory until it came to a complete stop 5 metres off the runway edge.

Accident investigation: