South Stone AN30 at Yambio on Jun 4th 2016, runway excursion on landing

Last Update: June 13, 2016 / 22:57:56 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 4, 2016

Classification
Accident

Aircraft Registration
TN-AHP

Aircraft Type
Antonov An-30

ICAO Type Designator
AN30

A South Supreme Airlines Antonov AN-30, registration TN-AHP performing a charter flight from Juba to Yambio (South Sudan) with 36 people on board, landed on Yambio's dirt runway in northerly direction but overran the end of the runway, went past the road north of the aerodrome and came to a stop in a field with the nose gear collapsed. There were no injuries, the aircraft received substantial damage.

Yambio Airport's Aviation Security Inspector reported that the aircraft landed at high speed and touched down about 250 meters down the runway. The aircraft was unable to stop before the end of the runway, went past a road and came to a stop in a potato field. There were no injuries amongst passengers or crew. The pilot reported it was the pilot's first landing at the airstrip.

Yambio Airport features a dirt runway of 1000 meters/3300 feet length in about direction 03/21 (30 degrees/210 degrees).
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 4, 2016

Classification
Accident

Aircraft Registration
TN-AHP

Aircraft Type
Antonov An-30

ICAO Type Designator
AN30

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