DCA13WA137

NTSB accident investigation · Fairchild SA227 · Sucre, Bolivia · August 20, 2013

Accident · No injuriesForeign investigation
Date
August 20, 2013, 12:40 local (12:40 UTC)
Place
Sucre, Bolivia
Injuries
10 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
CP-2655Fairchild SA227
Defining event
Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
87877

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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.

Runway excursionLanding-landing rollAll aircraft: 3,643 casesDefining event

Factual narrative

The Direccion General De Aeronautica Civil (DGAC) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Fairchild SA227-DC, registration CP-2655, which occurred on August 20, 2013. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the DGAC investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture and Design of the airplane.All investigative information will be released by the DGAC.

Aircraft

Registration
CP-2655
Reported as
Fairchild SA227 (DC)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
DC-819B
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Linea Area Commuter "Aerocon" LTDA
Airworthiness certificate
Unknown
Airport
SLSU · Juana Azurduy De Padilla Int'l, runway 05, 9,268 × 98 ft