Incident Overview
Description
The Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX, registration 5Y-DAA, departed Lubumbashi Airport at 10:12 hours local time, bound for Shamwana and Kalemie. According to the pilot-in-command, on approaching Shamwana, the first officer responded to a VHF call from a person on the ground who confirmed that the runway was clear and approximated winds to be calm. The aircraft touched down at approximately 600m past the threshold of runway 01 (the runway is approximately 1,000m long). The pilot reports to have touched down at speed of 90 knots and pulled the power lever to beta range. The aircraft bounced. He held the control column in a nose down position in order to bring back the aircraft back on the runway (The gradient of the runway is down slope). He deployed the thrust reverser and applied brakes to slow down, but the aircraft overran the runway and came to rest at approximately 100m from the threshold of runway 19. Sections of the aircraft were substantially damaged when it came into contact with the bush line. This includes broken nose landing gear spring, bent nose landing gear steering rod, damaged forward cargo pod, left wing along the leading edge, broken left hand landing and taxi light lens, damaged propeller and the nose landing gear fairing too.
Primary Cause
Pilot error during landing, specifically the loss of control and subsequent overrun.Pilot error during landing, specifically the loss of control and subsequent overrun.Share on:
