Incident Overview

Date: Monday 18 April 2005
Aircraft Type: Beechcraft B200 Catpass 250
Owner/operator: Aero Condor
Registration Number: OB-1700
Location: 3,5 km NNW of Lima-Jorge Chavez International Airport (LIM) – ÿ Peru
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12
Component Affected: The Beechcraft 200 Catpass conversion, specifically the engine and control systems.The Beechcraft 200 Catpass conversion, specifically the engine and control systems.
Investigating Agency: CIAACIAA
Category: Accident
A Beechcraft 200 Catpass conversion experienced a forced landing near Lima-Jorge Chavez International Airport (LIM) due to a series of operational errors. The flight, departing Chagual Airport, experienced a low fuel pressure warning and engine failures within a short distance, leading to a 180-degree turn and landing in an agricultural field.A Beechcraft 200 Catpass conversion experienced a forced landing near Lima-Jorge Chavez International Airport (LIM) due to a series of operational errors. The flight, departing Chagual Airport, experienced a low fuel pressure warning and engine failures within a short distance, leading to a 180-degree turn and landing in an agricultural field.

Description

A Beechcraft 200 Catpass conversion sustained substantial damage in a forced landing near Lima-Jorge Chavez International Airport (LIM), Peru. There were no serious injuries among the ten passengers or two crew members. The flight departed Chagual Airport at 15:55 on a flight to Lima. At 25 miles from Lima the crew there was a low fuel pressure warning. Approximately 22 miles from Lima the left engine was shut down. Within 3 miles of Lima the right engine lost power, and was also shut down. The crew declared an emergency. The pilot perform a 180 degrees turn due to the presence of gas tanks nearby. They turned to an agricultural field where an emergency landing was performed. On touchdown the airplane swung, sustaining substantial damage. Causes and contributing factors (translated from original Spanish report): 1. Operation with four consecutive flights made by the same crew to Chagual aerodrome (an aerodrome that demands a high alertness and situational awareness due to difficult topographical conditions), a long and exhausting day flying and working together with the multiple functions performed by the technical crew (dispatcher, payer, loader, cabin crew) probably decreased the performance and capacity of the technical crew and safety. 2. Poor planning on the part of the Operations and Sales Management of the Aero Condor Company Charter, by not providing the NOTAM which showed the lack of JET A1 fuel in Trujillo causing programming, operational and logistic difficulties.

Primary Cause

Operational errors and insufficient planning by Aero Condor regarding fuel availability and situational awareness, particularly due to a long and demanding schedule involving multiple crew functions.Operational errors and insufficient planning by Aero Condor regarding fuel availability and situational awareness, particularly due to a long and demanding schedule involving multiple crew functions.

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