Incident Overview

Date: Thursday 1 June 2006
Aircraft Type: British Aerospace 3101 Jetstream 31EP
Owner/operator: Air Panam 
Registration Number: HP-1477PS
Location: Bocas Del Toro Airport (BOC) – ÿ Panama
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18
Component Affected: Aircraft Flight ControlsAircraft Flight Controls
Investigating Agency: AAC PanamaAAC Panama
Category: Accident
A Panama flight 680 landed at Bocas del Toro runway 08, veering off course. Rain conditions were present. The crew’s failure to properly assess atmospheric conditions and execute a missed approach resulted in a landing in marshy terrain. This was triggered by inadequate precautions, poor visual approach, misalignment with the runway, poor coordination between crew members, and descending below minimum altitudes.A Panama flight 680 landed at Bocas del Toro runway 08, veering off course. Rain conditions were present. The crew’s failure to properly assess atmospheric conditions and execute a missed approach resulted in a landing in marshy terrain. This was triggered by inadequate precautions, poor visual approach, misalignment with the runway, poor coordination between crew members, and descending below minimum altitudes.

Description

Air Panama flight 680 landed at Bocas del Toro (BOC) on the edge of runway 08 and veered off the runway. The aircraft came to rest in marshy terrain. It had been raining at or prior to the time of landing. CONCLUSIONS The cause that influenced the aircraft accident was the crew’s failure to make a decision when making an approach with visibility outside the accepted limits and not executing a missed approach to try again under better conditions. It was a series of events that contributed: 1. Not taking precautions under the atmospheric conditions of cloudiness around the runway and not following instrument flight rules. 2. Flying in atmospheric conditions that were present with poor visual approach. 3. Not being aligned with the runway. 4. Not following the procedures in IFR flight conditions and switching to VFR, then back to IFR with poor coordination. 5. Descending below the established minimums without having visual contact with the runway. 6. Poor cockpit coordination among the crew members in command of the aircraft.

Primary Cause

Crew failure to adequately assess atmospheric conditions and execute a missed approach, leading to inadequate precautions and misjudgment of the landing environment.Crew failure to adequately assess atmospheric conditions and execute a missed approach, leading to inadequate precautions and misjudgment of the landing environment.

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