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| Date: | Tuesday 9 January 2001 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  IAI 201 Arava |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Hondureña |
| Registration: | 316 |
| MSN: | 0031 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Palacios airstrip -
 Honduras
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Palacios airstrip |
Crashed on landing in strong winds. Crew minor injured. Touched down with a 13kt (24km/h) tailwind, halfway along the runway. Unable to stop before running off the end of the airstrip, tearing off the starboard main undercarriage and both wing struts, and damaging the port wing.
Sources:
AFM 6/01, p78/April 2001, p92
Scramble
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2010 05:24 | slowkid | Added |
| 13-Jun-2010 07:02 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, ] |
| 15-May-2014 18:32 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 19-May-2019 20:39 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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