- Date
- July 30, 2011, 05:25 local (05:25 UTC)
- Place
- Georgetown, Guyana
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 161 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- 9Y-PBMBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Landing: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Night/dark
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 81289
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On July 30, 2011, at 1:25 am local time (0525 UTC), a Boeing 737-800, Trinidad & Tobago registration 9Y-PBM, operated by Caribbean Airlines as flight 523, overran the runway upon landing at Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Georgetown, Guyana. Of the 156 passengers and six crew on board, there was reportedly one serious and multiple minor injuries. Weather was reported as raining at the time of the accident. Preliminary details from local authorities indicate that the airplane fractured in two pieces as a result of the overrun. The flight was a scheduled passenger flight from Piarco International Airport, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.The accident is being investigated by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The NTSB has designated a U.S. Accredited Representative as the state of manufacture. All inquiries should be directed to the Guyana CAA at: Civil Aviation Authority Fairlie House Lot 96 Duke St Kingston Georgetown
Aircraft
- Registration
- 9Y-PBM
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (800)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Caribbean Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- Port of Spain
- Destination
- Georgetown
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SYCJ · Georgetown, runway 06, 7,450 × ft
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Observed at
- SYCJ