Incident Overview

Date: Tuesday 26 July 2011
Aircraft Type: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Owner/operator: Air Panam 
Registration Number: HP-1345PS
Location: Contadora Airport – ÿ Panama
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13
Component Affected: Main landing gearMain landing gear
Investigating Agency: AAC El SalvadorAAC El Salvador
Category: Accident
Air Panama flight 611, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, experienced a turn to the left during landing, veering off the runway and impacting trees. The incident resulted from a tire rupture causing the aircraft to lose control.Air Panama flight 611, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, experienced a turn to the left during landing, veering off the runway and impacting trees. The incident resulted from a tire rupture causing the aircraft to lose control.

Description

Air Panama flight 611, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, departed at 10:31 local time from Marcos A. Gelabert Airport. The flight proceeded normally. At the time of landing, according to the captain?s report, he felt the aircraft turn to the left, veering off the runway and traveling along the sloped edge, impacting trees along the perimeter fence. CONCLUSIONS. The cause of the aircraft accident was the escape of air from the left tire of the main landing gear due to the rupture of the tire’s inner tube at the moment of contact with the runway, which caused the aircraft to veer left. contributing factors: 1. The abrupt turn of the aircraft to the left that prevented the pilot from controlling the direction on the runway. 2. The failure to apply reverse thrust to reduce landing speed and stopping distance. 3. The inclination of the left edge of the runway that led the aircraft to an abnormal and uncontrolled path.

Source of Information

https://portal.aeronautica.gob.pa/upia/archivo/20772_HP-1345PST_-16.09.2024_informe_final.pdfhttps://portal.aeronautica.gob.pa/upia/archivo/20772_HP-1345PST_-16.09.2024_informe_final.pdf

Primary Cause

Rupture of the tire’s inner tube during contact with the runway, leading to loss of control and a leftward turn.Rupture of the tire’s inner tube during contact with the runway, leading to loss of control and a leftward turn.

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