Incident Overview

Date: Wednesday 9 October 1996
Aircraft Type: Dornier Do 28D-2 Skyservant
Owner/operator: Transoriente Colombia
Registration Number: HK-3982
Location: Taraira Airfield – ÿ Colombia
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: Do 28D-2 SkyservantDo 28D-2 Skyservant
Investigating Agency: AerocivilAerocivil
Category: Accident
A Dornier Do 28D-2 Skyservant, HK-3982, deviated from its planned route to Mit£, Colombia, due to adverse weather conditions. The flight encountered poor weather and contacted Mit£ for weather information, but the Mit£ controller was unable to provide it. The crew diverted to a jungle airstrip at Taraira, a surface unsuitable for operation, and the takeoff was aborted due to insufficient acceleration. The airplane ran off the airstrip and sustained structural damage.A Dornier Do 28D-2 Skyservant, HK-3982, deviated from its planned route to Mit£, Colombia, due to adverse weather conditions. The flight encountered poor weather and contacted Mit£ for weather information, but the Mit£ controller was unable to provide it. The crew diverted to a jungle airstrip at Taraira, a surface unsuitable for operation, and the takeoff was aborted due to insufficient acceleration. The airplane ran off the airstrip and sustained structural damage.

Description

A Dornier Do 28D-2 Skyservant, HK-3982, departed Villavicencio, Colombia at 10:50, bound for Mit£. At 12:22 the airplane departed Mit£ for La Pedrera. En route the flight encountered poor weather. The crew contacted Mit£ to request the weather at La Pedrera, but the controller at Mit£ was unable to obtain the weather information. The crew decided to divert to a jungle airstrip at Taraira. The soft surface runway is 515 metres long. The airfield was not authorized for operation at the time of the accident. When the crew attempted to takeoff from the airstrip, acceleration was not as expected and the takeoff was abandoned. The airplane ran off the airstrip and suffered structural damage. PROBABLE CAUSE: (translated from original Spanish report) Decision by the crew to abort takeoff from an inappropriate field due to the wet conditions and soft surface which produced higher coefficients of friction and a lower acceleration factor that prevented reaching takeoff speed after which the crew determined to discontinue the takeoff without sufficient stopping distance, which led to the accident.

Primary Cause

Crew decision to abort takeoff from an inappropriate field due to wet conditions and soft surface, resulting in reduced acceleration and insufficient stopping distance.Crew decision to abort takeoff from an inappropriate field due to wet conditions and soft surface, resulting in reduced acceleration and insufficient stopping distance.

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