Date: | Thursday 3 July 2003 |
Time: | 12:00 |
Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
Owner/operator: | Servicios Aéreos Nacionales - SANSA |
Registration: | HP-1403APP |
MSN: | 208B0790 |
Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Bahía Ballena -
Costa Rica
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Bahía Drake (Drake Bay) Airport (DRK/MDRK) |
Destination airport: | San José-Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO/MROC) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:En route to San José the engine lost power. The pilot attempted to restart the engine, but his attempts failed. He then attempted to carry out a forced landing on a runway for microlight aircraft. The Grand Caravan impacted trees.
CAUSA PROBABLE: "La Unidad de Investigación de Accidentes Aéreos (UIA), determinó que la causa probable de este accidente se debió a la pérdida de potencia en vuelo, que obligó a la tripulación a realizar un aterrizaje de emergencia en una pista para ultraligeros y realizar un recorrido excesivo debido a factores adversos a la operación de la aeronave."
FACTORES CONTRIBUYENTES: "Pérdida de potencia de la planta motopropulsora, campo de aterrizaje corto con una superficie húmeda y resbalosa, posible viento de cola y obstáculos al final de pista."
Sources:
Boletín Informativo 2003 / DGAC, Unidad de Investigación de Accidentes
NTSB
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19 January 2001 |
HP-1403APP |
Aeroperlas operado por SANSA |
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Aeropuerto de Tambor, Puntarenas |
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