Date: | Friday 22 August 1997 |
Time: | 14:38 |
Type: | Boeing 727-251 |
Owner/operator: | SAETA |
Registration: | HC-BVU |
MSN: | 21322/1265 |
Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15/-15A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 56 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | San Cristóbal Airport (SCY), Galapagos -
Ecuador
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Guayaquil-Simon Bolivar Airport (GYE/SEGU) |
Destination airport: | San Cristobal Airport, Galapagos (SCY/SEST) |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Landed 36.5 m short following a low NDB approach to runway 16. The undercarriage struck the raised lip of the runway, causing it to collapse. After sliding for about 700 m before coming to rest on the right side of the runway.
Anti-skid problems forced the crew to try to land as soon after the threshold as possible.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep
Tommy Maurer
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