- Date
- September 16, 2011, 19:45 local (Sep 17, 2011, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Quito, Ecuador
- Injuries
- 5 serious, 97 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- HC-CEZEmbraer E190
- Defining event
- Landing: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 81842
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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 September 16, 2011, an Ecuadoran Embraer EMB-190, registration HC-CEZ, overran runway 35 while landing at Quito, Ecuador. The airplane was substantially damaged and there were 5 serious injuries among the 97 passengers and 5 crew. The investigation is being conducted by the Ecuador Junta Investigadora de Accidentes (JIA). The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of the manufacturer of the engines. All investigation information will be released by the JIA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HC-CEZ
- Reported as
- Embraer E190
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- GE CF34B, turbo fanGE CF34B, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Tame
- Registered owner
- Tame
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- Loja
- Destination
- SEQU · Quito
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SEQU · Quito, runway 35, 10,230 × 150 ft, concrete
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night
- Wind
- 320° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Observed at
- SEQU