Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW (ERJ-190AR) – HK-4455

Incident Overview

Date: Tuesday 17 July 2007

Aircraft Type: Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW (ERJ-190AR)

Owner/operator: Aero Rep£blica

Registration Number: HK-4455

Location: Santa Marta-Sim¢n Bol¡var Airport (SMR) – ÿ Colombia

Phase of Flight: Landing

Status: Substantial, written off

Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 60

Component Affected: Aircraft Control Systems (Approach & Landing)Aircraft Control Systems (Approach & Landing)

Investigating Agency: AerocivilAerocivil

Category: Accident

On December 1st, 2023, an Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW passenger jet, HK-4455, experienced a significant runway excursion accident at Santa Marta-Sim¢n Bol¡var Airport (SMR) in Colombia. The aircraft sustained substantial damage during landing, resulting in no serious injuries among the five passengers and six crew members. The incident involved a controlled runway excursion, with the pilot utilizing Autobrakes at Medium instead of Low and flaps at 6, a decision influenced by wind shear conditions. Initial conditions included a wet runway (360 degrees winds), a 1700m runway length, and a pilot?s decision to abandon a planned approach after encountering wind shear. The aircraft subsequently ran off the runway, impacting an embankment, resulting in a crash landing. The investigation indicates a potential contributing factor of excessive speed during the approach and landing, leading to a crossing of the runway threshold with an additional 41 knots. Further analysis points to a lack of situational awareness regarding speed and landing parameters, potentially exacerbated by the disconnection of automated systems, and a failure to initiate a missed approach procedure.On December 1st, 2023, an Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW passenger jet, HK-4455, experienced a significant runway excursion accident at Santa Marta-Sim¢n Bol¡var Airport (SMR) in Colombia. The aircraft sustained substantial damage during landing, resulting in no serious injuries among the five passengers and six crew members. The incident involved a controlled runway excursion, with the pilot utilizing Autobrakes at Medium instead of Low and flaps at 6, a decision influenced by wind shear conditions. Initial conditions included a wet runway (360 degrees winds), a 1700m runway length, and a pilot?s decision to abandon a planned approach after encountering wind shear. The aircraft subsequently ran off the runway, impacting an embankment, resulting in a crash landing. The investigation indicates a potential contributing factor of excessive speed during the approach and landing, leading to a crossing of the runway threshold with an additional 41 knots. Further analysis points to a lack of situational awareness regarding speed and landing parameters, potentially exacerbated by the disconnection of automated systems, and a failure to initiate a missed approach procedure.

Description

A Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW passenger jet, registered HK-4455, sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident on landing at Santa Marta-Sim¢n Bol¡var Airport (SMR), Colombia. There were no serious injuries among the 54 passengers and six crew members. AeroRep£blica flight 7330 had departed Cali (CLO) at 13:42 on a domestic flight to Santa Marta (SMR). Runway 01 was in use with winds reported 360 degrees at 10 knots. The controller at Santa Marta reported that the runway was wet due to heavy rainfall. Runway 01 was a 1700 m long runway. The captain decided to use the Autobrakes at Medium instead of Low and flaps at 6 instead of full. The first approached was abandoned when the airplane encountered wind shear. The crew positioned the aircraft for a second approach. Wind was now reported being from 040 degrees at 10 knots, which changed to 030 degrees at 12 knots during the approach.. The airplane touched down late and could not be stopped on the runway. It ran off the side of the runway and went down an embankment, coming to rest with the nose in the adjacent water. PROBABLE CAUSES (translated from original Spanish report): Continuation of the approach and landing without being stabilized on finals with an excessive speed caused the aircraft to cross the threshold of the runway with an additional 41 knots during a low angle approach, which caused the aircraft wheels to touch down positively when there were only 490 meters of runway available, an insufficient distance to stop the aircraft within the runway. Lack of situational awareness regarding the approach and landing speed, after having disconnected the automated systems of the aircraft. Omission of call outs by the Pilot Monitoring to warn the pilot in control of speeding in order to persuade him to execute a missed approach. The delay in initiating a missed approach procedure / interrupted landing in circumstances that indicated the desirability to take such a measure during a destabilized approach. Misperception to believe that the aircraft could be stopped within the limited remaining available runway without analyzing the status and distance without having positive contact due to speeding.

Primary Cause

Excessive speed during the approach and landing, leading to a crossing of the runway threshold with an additional 41 knots.Excessive speed during the approach and landing, leading to a crossing of the runway threshold with an additional 41 knots.

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