# NTSB ERA15WA383: Beech 350, N188RU, Boyaca, Colombia, August 15, 2015

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 15, 2015, 18:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Boyaca, Colombia
- Coordinates: 5.761666, -73.109169 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=5.7617&lon=-73.1092&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 11 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93498
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA15WA383
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93498/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15WA383

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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