Narrative:
The DHC-8 passenger plane operated on a flight from San Andrés to Pereira via Bogotá, Colombia.
During the landing roll at Pereira, after a ground run of about 700 m, the nose and left main undercarriage, followed by the right main undercarriage began to slowly retract.
The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and left propeller.
Runway mishap
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 14 September 1997 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-301 |
| Operator: | Intercontinental de Aviación |
| Registration: | HK-4062X |
| MSN: | 196 |
| First flight: | 1990-02-11 (7 years 7 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 39 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 44 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Pereira-Matecaña Airport (PEI) ( Colombia)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia |
| Pereira-Matecaña Airport (PEI/SKPE), Colombia |
The DHC-8 passenger plane operated on a flight from San Andrés to Pereira via Bogotá, Colombia.
During the landing roll at Pereira, after a ground run of about 700 m, the nose and left main undercarriage, followed by the right main undercarriage began to slowly retract.
The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and left propeller.
Classification:
Runway mishap
Sources:
» El TiempoPhotos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Bogotá-Eldorado Airport to Pereira-Matecaña Airport as the crow flies is 176 km (110 miles).
Distance from Bogotá-Eldorado Airport to Pereira-Matecaña Airport as the crow flies is 176 km (110 miles).
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