Total AT42 at Coari on May 30th 2014, tapir strike on takeoff

Last Update: June 11, 2014 / 17:20:57 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 30, 2014

Classification
Accident

Airline
Total Linhas Aereas

Departure
Coari, Brazil

Destination
Manaus, Brazil

Aircraft Registration
PR-TKB

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-42

ICAO Type Designator
AT42

A Total Linhas Aereas Avion de Transport Regional ATR-42-500, registration PR-TKB performing a charter flight from Coari,AM to Manaus,AM (Brazil) with 45 passengers and 4 crew, collided with a tapir while departing Coari which bent the right hand main gear. The crew continued to Manuas about 200nm from Coari where the crew performed an emergency landing into Manuas. The crew burned off fuel before landing, landed and brought the aircraft to a safe stop on the runway. The aircraft was disabled on the runway. The passengers disembarked onto the runway.

The airport was closed for about 2 hours until the aircraft could be moved off the runway.

On Jun 11th 2014 the French BEA reported in their weekly bulletin that the aircraft hit a Brazilian Tapir during the takeoff run in Coari, became airborne but could not retract the landing gear and the hydraulic systems were lost. The aircraft continued to Manaus with the landing gear extended. The aircraft landed safely although no brakes and no directional control were available, the aircraft turned to the left when the damaged landing gear touched down but the crew managed to keep the aircraft within the runway edges. The aircraft sustained damage to the right landing gear extension, shock absorber, hydraulic lines, aerodynamic cowlings, doors and wheels. Brazil's CENIPA is investigating the occurrence.

Brazilian (South American) Tapirs can reach up to 2.5 meters in body length, a shoulder height of about 1 meter and a mass between 150 and 300kg.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 30, 2014

Classification
Accident

Airline
Total Linhas Aereas

Departure
Coari, Brazil

Destination
Manaus, Brazil

Aircraft Registration
PR-TKB

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-42

ICAO Type Designator
AT42

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