SARPA E120 at La Macarena on Aug 19th 2019, runway excursion

Last Update: August 19, 2019 / 22:36:04 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 19, 2019

Classification
Incident

Cause
Runway excursion

Airline
SARPA Servicios Aéreos Panamericanos SAS

Departure
Bogota, Colombia

Destination
La Macarena, Colombia

Aircraft Registration
HK-4973

Aircraft Type
Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia

ICAO Type Designator
E120

A SARPA Servicios Aéreos Panamericanos SAS Embraer EMB-120, registration HK-4973 performing a flight from Bogota to La Macarena (Colombia) with 29 passengers and 3 crew, landed on La Macarena's runway 35 at about 08:00L (13:00Z) but touched down to the left of the runway centerline, rolled along the left runway edge, veered left off the runway and came to a stop with nose and left main gear in a ditch left of the runway. There were no injuries, the aircraft received minor if any damage.

Colombia's Aerocivil have opened an investigation into the occurrence and dispatched investigators on site.

No weather data (METARs) are available, at the time of the occurrence the local weather station reported variable winds at about 3 knots, the skies were mostly cloudy. About 3 hours prior to the occurrence there had been rain showers in the vicinity.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 19, 2019

Classification
Incident

Cause
Runway excursion

Airline
SARPA Servicios Aéreos Panamericanos SAS

Departure
Bogota, Colombia

Destination
La Macarena, Colombia

Aircraft Registration
HK-4973

Aircraft Type
Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia

ICAO Type Designator
E120

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