Incident Overview

Date: Friday 25 May 2007
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-3C
Owner/operator: Aerovanguardia
Registration Number: HK-3199
Location: Acaricuara Airport (ARF) – ÿ Colombia
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: The aircraft’s left main gear.The aircraft’s left main gear.
Investigating Agency: AerocivilAerocivil
Category: Accident
A flight crew executed a low-altitude approach to runway 02, resulting in a loss of directional control and subsequent ground contact. The landing maneuver was unplanned and deviated from established procedures, leading to a swing to the left and impact with the ground.A flight crew executed a low-altitude approach to runway 02, resulting in a loss of directional control and subsequent ground contact. The landing maneuver was unplanned and deviated from established procedures, leading to a swing to the left and impact with the ground.

Description

The runway at Acaricuara Airport was wet from light rain showers earlier that morning. The flight crew decided to execution a low altitude approach to runway 02 with the purpose of making the landing just at the beginning of the runway. The initial contact with the surface occurred with the left main gear in an area of lower height and before the runway threshold. Directional control was lost and the aircraft swing to the left, causing the propellers to hit the ground. The aircraft stopped 200 m further. The three crew members and the four passengers were unharmed. CAUSES: Execution by the pilot of a landing manoeuvre not documented in the flight technique by means of the execution of own procedures out of the established operation standards, under not determined parameters, where minimums of descent, speeds, configurations, etc. are not established, putting the operation at high risk.

Primary Cause

Execution by the pilot of a landing manoeuvre not documented in the flight technique, resulting in a lack of established minimums and configurations, creating a high-risk operation.Execution by the pilot of a landing manoeuvre not documented in the flight technique, resulting in a lack of established minimums and configurations, creating a high-risk operation.

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