- 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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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)