Incident Overview

Date: Saturday 15 January 2000
Aircraft Type: Let L-410UVP-E
Owner/operator: Taxi A‚reo Centroamericano – TACSA
Registration Number: YS-09-C
Location: San Jos‚ – ÿ Costa Rica
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 18
Component Affected: Aircraft Control Systems (specifically, longitudinal control and flap deployment).Aircraft Control Systems (specifically, longitudinal control and flap deployment).
Category: Accident
An aircraft incident occurred at Tobias Bolanos International Airport, San Jos‚, where a flight to Tortuguero National Park was delayed due to a series of errors. The aircraft, prepared quickly, lacked essential checklists and briefed passengers about emergency procedures, leading to a rapid takeoff without proper flaps deployment. The aircraft crashed into a residence in San Jose’s Rohrmoser neighborhood, resulting in injuries to a housekeeper. The incident was likely caused by a loss of longitudinal control during takeoff, exacerbated by the aircraft’s configuration, altitude, and weight distribution.An aircraft incident occurred at Tobias Bolanos International Airport, San Jos‚, where a flight to Tortuguero National Park was delayed due to a series of errors. The aircraft, prepared quickly, lacked essential checklists and briefed passengers about emergency procedures, leading to a rapid takeoff without proper flaps deployment. The aircraft crashed into a residence in San Jose’s Rohrmoser neighborhood, resulting in injuries to a housekeeper. The incident was likely caused by a loss of longitudinal control during takeoff, exacerbated by the aircraft’s configuration, altitude, and weight distribution.

Description

The airplane was ferried from the international airport of San Jos‚ to San Jos‚-Tobias Bolanos International Airport to fly tourists to Tortuguero National Park. It arrived at Tobias Bolanos as 12:53. The airplane was prepared quickly for the onward flight. The bags were loaded without weighing them and the passengers were not briefed about the emergency procedures. The flight quickly taxied to runway 09 for departure without permission from the air traffic controller to do so. At 13:04 ATC cleared the flight for takeoff. Because the pilots did not use the check list for departure, they forgot to lower the flaps for take off. The aircraft could not maintain height after takeoff and crashed into a home in San Jose’s Rohrmoser neighborhood, injuring a housekeeper. CAUSA PROBABLE: “Posible p‚rdida de control longitudinal de la aeronave en vuelo, al no alcanzar la velocidad m¡nima de sustentaci¢n, debido a la configuraci¢n de despegue con los flaps del avi¢n en cero, inadecuada para el largo de pista y la distribuci¢n del peso que afect¢ la posici¢n de su centro de gravedad excediendo su l¡mite trasero.” FACTORES CONTRIBUYENTES: 1. La tripulaci¢n no utiliz¢ las listas de chequeo antes de despegar. 2. El sobrepeso de la aeronave en el momento del despegue. 3. La alta altitud de densidad. 4. La falta de supervisi¢n del despacho del vuelo por parte del operador. (Ausencia de procedimientos) 5. La presi¢n autoinducida de la tripulaci¢n para una operaci¢n expedita.

Primary Cause

Lack of proper checklist execution and inadequate preparation for takeoff, resulting in loss of control and subsequent crash.Lack of proper checklist execution and inadequate preparation for takeoff, resulting in loss of control and subsequent crash.

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