Incident Overview

Date: Friday 24 October 2014
Aircraft Type: Rockwell Sabreliner 80
Owner/operator: private
Registration Number: N100EJ
Location: Balboa-Panam  Pac¡fico International Airport (BLB/MPPA) – ÿ Panama
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: Aircraft hose coupling and fuel system.Aircraft hose coupling and fuel system.
Investigating Agency: AAC PanamaAAC Panama
Category: Accident
On October 24, 2014, an aircraft incident occurred when a flight from Marcos A. G. Labedert Airport to Panam  Pac¡fico Airport experienced a series of events leading to a controlled landing and subsequent impact with a drainage ditch. The aircraft initially requested the lights to be turned on, indicating a return to the departure airport, and then reported pressure issues, ultimately leading to a landing and a subsequent impact. The pilot’s final report highlighted a potential issue with fuel spilling from a hose coupling, exacerbated by cabin pressure, which prompted a return to the departure airport. The aircraft’s extended landing and subsequent impact with the ditch resulted in a slope that led to the aircraft ending up in the drainage ditch.On October 24, 2014, an aircraft incident occurred when a flight from Marcos A. G. Labedert Airport to Panam  Pac¡fico Airport experienced a series of events leading to a controlled landing and subsequent impact with a drainage ditch. The aircraft initially requested the lights to be turned on, indicating a return to the departure airport, and then reported pressure issues, ultimately leading to a landing and a subsequent impact. The pilot’s final report highlighted a potential issue with fuel spilling from a hose coupling, exacerbated by cabin pressure, which prompted a return to the departure airport. The aircraft’s extended landing and subsequent impact with the ditch resulted in a slope that led to the aircraft ending up in the drainage ditch.

Description

On October 24, 2014, the aircraft took off from Marcos A. Gelabert Airport at 15:38 UTC (10:38 local time) and headed to Panam  Pac¡fico Airport, where it remained parked until 23:15 UTC (18:15 local) before departing again towards Aruba, without incident. At 23:48 UTC (18:48 local), the flight requested the lights to be turned on, indicating that the aircraft was returning to Panam  Pac¡fico. At 00:03 UTC (19:03 local), the pilot reported that the aircraft was returning due to pressurization issues and that it was five minutes from landing. At 00:11 UTC (19:11 local), the aircraft landed and was observed touching down on runway 36 at high speed; it never decelerated. At taxiway B, the sound of the thrust reverser was heard, but the aircraft continued until it went off the end of runway 18, traversing 305 meters of the stopway. At the end of this distance, there is a slope that ends in a drainage ditch, where the aircraft ended up. The two Colombian pilots were not injured. After a checkup in the hospital, they disappeared. CONCLUSIONS The cause of the aircraft accident was the impact with the drainage ditch after having fallen into it. It was a series of events that led to this incident: – The aircraft flew with fuel in an unauthorized bladder, and during flight, due to cabin pressure, fuel spilled from a coupling of the hose coming out of the bladder. – The strong smell of fuel inside the cabin led the crew, even while using oxygen masks, to decide to return to the departure airport. – The landing was extended beyond the threshold of runway 36, running past the 380-meter mark of the stopway and falling into the drainage ditch.

Source of Information

https://portal.aeronautica.gob.pa/upia/archivo/38382_N-100EJ_-17.09.2024_informe_final.pdfhttps://portal.aeronautica.gob.pa/upia/archivo/38382_N-100EJ_-17.09.2024_informe_final.pdf

Primary Cause

Fuel spill from a hose coupling during flight due to cabin pressure exacerbated by the aircraft?s flight path.Fuel spill from a hose coupling during flight due to cabin pressure exacerbated by the aircraft?s flight path.

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