Aerosucre Flight 4544
 The aircraft involved in the accident while still in operation with Air Jamaica | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 20 December 2016 |
| Site | Germán Olano Airport, Puerto Carreño, Colombia |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 727-2J0F |
| Operator | Aerosucre |
| IATA flight No. | 6N4544 |
| ICAO flight No. | KRE4544 |
| Call sign | AEROSUCRE 4544 |
| Registration | HK-4544 |
| Flight origin | Germán Olano Airport, Puerto Carreño, Colombia |
| Destination | El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, Colombia |
| Occupants | 6 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 5 |
| Injuries | 1 |
| Survivors | 1 |
Aerosucre Flight 4544 was a domestic cargo flight operated by Colombian cargo airliner Aerosucre using a Boeing 727-200 (registration HK-4544) on December 20, 2016. The aircraft had trouble taking off and impacted the fence at the end of the runway. After becoming airborne from Germán Olano Airport Puerto Carreño, Colombia it remained at very low altitude and crashed shortly afterwards. The flight was planned to go en route to El Dorado International Airport, in Bogotá, Colombia.[1] It was reported that four members of the six-person crew died on the scene while two were rescued alive; one subsequently died as a result of his injuries.[2][3][4]
Aircraft
The aircraft involved in the crash was a Boeing 727-200 registered HK-4544 with serial number 21105. It entered service in 1975, operating as a passenger aircraft for Air Jamaica until 1997. It was then converted into a cargo aircraft.[5] The aircraft began operating for Aerosucre in 2008.[6]
Accident
The Aerosucre Boeing 727 cargo plane arrived on December 20, 2016 at Puerto Carreño at 14:48 hours local time after a cargo flight from Bogotá. The crew unloaded 20,423 pounds of cargo. Although the weight and balance manifest of the accident flight was not found among the remains of the aircraft nor in the company's office, investigators presumed that slightly less than 20,000 pounds of cargo distributed on nine pallets was loaded for the return to Bogotá. The 727 then taxied onto Runway 25 threshold, crew set flaps at 30 degrees, the plane was trimmed for takeoff, and the plane started its takeoff run at 17:18 hours.
The 727 used all of the 1,800-metre (5,900 ft) runway, but was still not airborne. It travelled another 95 m (310 ft) over grass and struck a perimeter fence. It then crossed a road, hit a shed and a tree before finally becoming airborne. Due to the impact, the right main landing gear detached from the aircraft, the inboard right flap was damaged, engine 3 lost power and one hydraulic system was damaged due to leaking. The aircraft achieved an altitude of 790 ft (240 m), entered a slight right hand descending turn which completed a near 270-degree arc and then impacted flat terrain, bursting into flames.
The flight plan indicated five people aboard, but there was an undocumented sixth person on the flight. Four died immediately and two survived the impact, but one of the two died later from injuries.[7]
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References
- ↑ "Vídeo: el momento en el que el avión de Aerosucre se estrella".
- ↑ "Crash: Aerosucre B722 at Puerto Carreno on Dec 20th 2016, overran runway on takeoff".
- ↑ "Aerosucre cargo plane crashes in Puerto Carreño, Colombia". Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ↑ "AERONÁUTICA CIVIL on Twitter".
- ↑ Waldron, Greg (December 21, 2016). "Video: Aerosucre 727 freighter crashes in Colombia". FlightGlobal. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
- ↑ "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-2J0F Adv. HK-4544 Puerto Carreño-Germán Olano Airport (PCR)". Aviation Safety Network. December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
- ↑ "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-2J0F Adv. HK-4544 Puerto Carreño-Germán Olano Airport (PCR)". Aviation Safety Network. February 18, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2017.