Atlantic Airlines Flight 870
| Atlantic Airlines Flight 870 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) A Let L-410 machine |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Loss of control due to incorrect weight distribution |
| place |
La Aurora Airport , Guatemala City , Guatemala
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| date | September 18, 2001 |
| Fatalities | 8th |
| Survivors | 5 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type |
 Let L-410UVP-E
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| operator |
Atlantic Airlines
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| Mark |
TG-CFE
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| Departure airport |
La Aurora Airport , Guatemala City , Guatemala
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| Destination airport |
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|
| Passengers | 11 |
| crew | 2 |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
The Atlantic Airlines Flight 870 was an international scheduled flight of the Guatemalan airline Atlantic Airlines from Guatemala City to San Pedro Sula in Honduras . On September 18, 2001, a Let L-410UVP-E had an accident on this flight , killing eight people on board.
plane
The affected machine was a Let L-410UVP-E made in Czechoslovakia . The L-410 prevailed against the Soviet Beriev Be-32 in a tender by the Council for Mutual Economic Aid (Comecon) and was therefore used by airlines from almost all Comecon member countries. The machine had the factory number 861704 and the model serial number 17-04 . The machine was first delivered to the Air Force of the Soviet Union in May 1986 , where it went into service with the aircraft registration CCCP-67584 . After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the machine received the new registration number RA-67584 in 1994, with which it was henceforth in service with the Russian Air Force . In October 1996, the Aztec Capital Group took over the machine and approved it with the US registration number N5957L . In October 1997 the aircraft went into operation for the first time with the Nicaraguan registration number YN-CFE at Atlantic Airlines, in November 1998 it was then re-registered to the Guatemalan registration number TG-CFE . From November 25, 1998, the plane was leased to the Guatemalan Tikal Jets Airlines and returned to the Atlantic Airlines fleet in March 2000. The twin-engine regional airliner was equipped with two Walter M601 E turboprop engines . By the time of the accident, the machine had completed a total of 2,467 operating hours, which were accounted for by 4,001 take-offs and landings.
Passengers and crew
Eleven passengers started the flight from Guatemala City to San Pedro Sula in Honduras . There was a two-person crew on board the machine, consisting of a flight captain and a first officer. No flight attendants were provided on the flight.
the accident
The pilots received clearance to take off runway 01 at La Aurora Airport in Guatemala City. The machine rose to an altitude of about 200 feet after takeoff when it suddenly rolled right and then left again. Shortly thereafter, the flow stalled and the machine fell to the ground.
root cause
It turned out that the distribution of the passengers in the cabin and thus the weight was incorrect. This resulted in the center of gravity being out of tolerance, making the machine uncontrollable at startup. In addition, the machine's first officer did not even have a type rating for the Let L-410 aircraft.
swell
- Accident report Let L-410 TG-CFE , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on April 14, 2020.
- Operational history Let L-410, TG-CFE on russianplanes.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jochen K. Beek: Airplanes of the world 1919-2000 , Motorbuchverlag, ISBN 3-613-02008-4