Panama F70 at San Jose on Sep 6th 2012, rejected takeoff

Last Update: October 2, 2012 / 10:58:12 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 6, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Panama

Aircraft Registration
HP-1732PST

Aircraft Type
Fokker 70

ICAO Type Designator
F70

An Air Panama Fokker 70, registration HP-1732PST performing a test flight from San Jose (Costa Rica) to San Jose (Costa Rica) with 3 crew on board, rejected takeoff from Juan Santamaria International Airport's runway 07 at high speed when the right hand engine failed and caught fire. The aircraft came to a safe stop in the touch down zone of runway 25 at about 16:45L (22:45Z). Emergency services responded and extinguished the engine fire.

The airport was closed for about 90 minutes as result.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 6, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Panama

Aircraft Registration
HP-1732PST

Aircraft Type
Fokker 70

ICAO Type Designator
F70

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