Incident Overview

Date: Monday 23 May 1988
Aircraft Type: Boeing 727-22
Owner/operator: Lineas A‚reas Costarricenses – LACSA
Registration Number: TI-LRC
Location: San Jos‚-Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO) – ÿ Costa Rica
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 24
Component Affected: Aircraft’s Center of Gravity (CG)Aircraft’s Center of Gravity (CG)
Investigating Agency: DGAC Costa RicaDGAC Costa Rica
Category: Accident
A takeoff was abandoned due to a pilot’s sensation problems during rotation, leading to an aircraft overrunning the runway and colliding with a fence, crossing a ditch, striking a hill, and subsequently catching fire. The incident resulted in destruction due to impacts and fire after entering irregular terrain.A takeoff was abandoned due to a pilot’s sensation problems during rotation, leading to an aircraft overrunning the runway and colliding with a fence, crossing a ditch, striking a hill, and subsequently catching fire. The incident resulted in destruction due to impacts and fire after entering irregular terrain.

Description

The takeoff was abandoned after V1 because the aircraft wouldn’t rotate. The aircraft overran runway 07, collided with a fence, crossed a ditch, struck a hill and caught fire. PROBABLE CAUSE: Discontinuation of the takeoff run after the decision speed (V1) due to sensation problems by the pilot in the control of the aircraft in its pitching movement (transverse axis), during the rotation phase, which was caused by an erroneous adjustment of the horizontal stabilizer, without having been subsequently corrected, as a result of the overload in the front compartment of the aircraft and improper distribution of the same, causing the aircraft’s Center of Gravity (CG) to move to the front to an extreme position. The above was not manifested in the Weight and Balance document, leaving the aircraft destroyed by impacts and fire upon entering irregular terrain at the end of the available runway length. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: Deficiencies in the organizational and control system of the company operating the aircraft.

Primary Cause

Pilot sensation problems during rotation, resulting in an erroneous horizontal stabilizer adjustment and an imbalance in the aircraft’s front compartment, causing the Center of Gravity to move to the front and ultimately leading to the aircraft’s destruction.Pilot sensation problems during rotation, resulting in an erroneous horizontal stabilizer adjustment and an imbalance in the aircraft’s front compartment, causing the Center of Gravity to move to the front and ultimately leading to the aircraft’s destruction.

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