ERA15WA383

NTSB incident investigation · Beech 350 · Boyaca, Colombia · August 15, 2015

Incident · No injuriesForeign investigation
Date
August 15, 2015, 18:00 local (18:00 UTC)
Place
Boyaca, Colombia
Injuries
11 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N188RUBeech 350
Defining event
Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact
Weather
Visual (VMC)
NTSB office
Eastern Region Aviation
Lead agency
Other
Case key
93498

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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.

Abnormal runway contactLanding-flare/touchdownAll aircraft: 1,506 casesDefining event

Factual narrative

On August 15, 2015, about 1800 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Beech 350, N188RU, sustained minor damage after it experienced a collapse of the nose landing gear while landing at Juan Jose Rondon Airport (SKPA), in Boyaca, Colombia. The two pilots and nine passengers were not injured. The personal flight departed from Alfonso Lopez Pumarejo Airport (SKVP), Cesar, Colombia. During landing, the airplane contacted the runway and then bounced. Subsequently, the nose landing gear collapsed and the airplane came to rest on the runway. The crew and passengers egressed without issue and the airplane sustained minor damage to the fuselage, nose landing gear, and engines. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Republic of Colombia. Further information pertaining to this incident may be obtained from: Grupo Investigación de Accidentes Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil Av. Eldorado 103-15 Nuevo Edificio Aerocivil Bogota, Colombia Telephone: (57-1) 425-1000 Fax: (57-1) 296-2203 This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Republic of Colombia.

Aircraft

Registration
N188RU
Reported as
Beech 350
Category
Airplane
Serial number
FL-973
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
Operator
Ladrillera Santafe
Registered owner
Ladrillera Santafe
Departed
SKVP · Cesar
Destination
SKPA · Boyaca
Flight plan
Unknown
Airport
SKPA · Juan Jose Rondon Airport

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC)