Incident Overview

Date: Thursday 19 October 2017
Aircraft Type: Beechcraft 200C Super King Air
Owner/operator: Air Majoro
Registration Number: OB-2077-P
Location: near Nuevo Saposoa – ÿ Peru
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 14
Component Affected: Aircraft Engine No. 2 and Engine No. 1Aircraft Engine No. 2 and Engine No. 1
Investigating Agency: CIAACIAA
Category: Accident
A Beechcraft 200C Super King Air, operating from Contamana to Pucallpa, experienced a catastrophic landing due to a sudden loss of engine power during a climb. The aircraft’s pilots initiated a controlled return to Contamana after the initial engine failure, but the loss of power continued, leading to an emergency landing on the treetops. The incident highlights a combination of factors, including faulty fuel quantity indicators, complacency among the pilots, and a lack of proper maintenance procedures.A Beechcraft 200C Super King Air, operating from Contamana to Pucallpa, experienced a catastrophic landing due to a sudden loss of engine power during a climb. The aircraft’s pilots initiated a controlled return to Contamana after the initial engine failure, but the loss of power continued, leading to an emergency landing on the treetops. The incident highlights a combination of factors, including faulty fuel quantity indicators, complacency among the pilots, and a lack of proper maintenance procedures.

Description

A Beechcraft 200C Super King Air operated by Air Majoro force landed in a wooded area near Nuevo Saposoa, Peru. All fourteen occupants initially survived the accident, but a newborn baby died of injures in hospital. The aircraft departed Contamana at 11:28 hours local time, with destination Pucallpa. During the climb to 4500 feet, the pilots noticed that engine no. 2 began to lose power and immediately quit. They initially applied the restart procedures without succeeding. The crew then decided to return to Contamana which was 12 nautical miles (22 km) away. The pilot then connected the transfer valve of the fuel from the left tank to the right tank and managed to start engine no. 2. The pilot then decided to resume the flight to Pucallpa and continued with the climb to 13,500 feet. During the descent to Pucallpa, at 23 nautical miles (42 km) engine no. 2 began to lose power and shut down. Restart procedures were without success. A few minutes later, engine no. 1 also began to lose power and immediately shut down. The crew also tried to restart this engine, but again without success. With the two engines shut down, the flight declared an “Emergency due to lack of fuel” and the pilots decided to perform an emergency landing on the top of the trees. CAUSE: The non-commanded shutdown of the engines in flight due to lack of fuel, which forced the crew to make an emergency landing on the top of the trees. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT: – Recurrent failures on the ground and in flight of the aircraft fuel quantity indicators, a situation that was maintained because the Maintenance Programme did not include an inspection and calibration of the fuel quantity indicators. – Performing air operations, with the fuel indication system inoperative. – Decrease in the conscious attention of the crew ( Complacency ) which led them to make unwise decisions to continue the flight by having an aerodrome nearby after the first engine was shut down without command.

Source of Information

http://larepublica.pe/sociedad/1133316-loreto-pasajeros-de-la-avioneta-que-cayo-en-pucallpa-se-encuentran-a-salvo-videohttp://larepublica.pe/sociedad/1133316-loreto-pasajeros-de-la-avioneta-que-cayo-en-pucallpa-se-encuentran-a-salvo-video

Primary Cause

Failure of the aircraft fuel quantity indicators, compounded by a lack of maintenance and a failure to implement proper procedures during flight.Failure of the aircraft fuel quantity indicators, compounded by a lack of maintenance and a failure to implement proper procedures during flight.

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