Narrative:
A Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III cargo plane force landed near Tampico Airport, Mexico, after running out of fuel.
The aircraft departed Saltillo Airport at 21:27 on a non-scheduled cargo flight to Puebla, Mexico, carrying a total of 550 kgs of cargo. The captain was Pilot Flying, the copilot was Pilot Monitoring. Prior to departure the flight was supposed to have been refueled with about 2000 lbs of fuel. However, the flight took off without having been refueled and with just 700 lbs of fuel in the tanks.
At 22:27 hours the flight declared a fuel emergency to the Mexico City ACC controller. The crew decided to divert to Tampico.
Upon their request, the flight was cleared for an approach to runway 31. On final approach the aircraft hit trees and force landed, coming to rest about 850 meters from the runway threshold.
The aircraft sustained substantial damage.
Probable cause:
"Emergency landing due to an inadequate pre-flight of the aircraft which resulted in the loss of power of both engines during the cruise flight due to exhaustion of fuel on board".
Contributing factors:
1. Lack of adherence to flight planning procedures
2. Lack of coordination between captain and operations officer during pre-flight preparation.
3. Lack of supervision of dispatcher activities
Forced landing outside airport
» Milenio.com
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MMTM 030343Z 16007KT 10SM SKC 26/24 A2984
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Friday 2 June 2017 |
| Time: | 0.020993947982788 |
| Type: |  Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III |
| Operator: | Aeronaves TSM |
| Registration: | XA-UAJ |
| MSN: | AC-586 |
| First flight: | 1984 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 35318 |
| Cycles: | 43028 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TPE331-11U-611G |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 0,8 km (0.5 mls) SE of Tampico-Gen F Javier Mina Airport (TAM) ( Mexico)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Saltillo-Plan de Guadalupe International Airport (SLW/MMIO), Mexico |
| Puebla-Hermanos Serdán International Airport (PBC/MMPB), Mexico |
A Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III cargo plane force landed near Tampico Airport, Mexico, after running out of fuel.
The aircraft departed Saltillo Airport at 21:27 on a non-scheduled cargo flight to Puebla, Mexico, carrying a total of 550 kgs of cargo. The captain was Pilot Flying, the copilot was Pilot Monitoring. Prior to departure the flight was supposed to have been refueled with about 2000 lbs of fuel. However, the flight took off without having been refueled and with just 700 lbs of fuel in the tanks.
At 22:27 hours the flight declared a fuel emergency to the Mexico City ACC controller. The crew decided to divert to Tampico.
Upon their request, the flight was cleared for an approach to runway 31. On final approach the aircraft hit trees and force landed, coming to rest about 850 meters from the runway threshold.
The aircraft sustained substantial damage.
Probable Cause:
Probable cause:
"Emergency landing due to an inadequate pre-flight of the aircraft which resulted in the loss of power of both engines during the cruise flight due to exhaustion of fuel on board".
Contributing factors:
1. Lack of adherence to flight planning procedures
2. Lack of coordination between captain and operations officer during pre-flight preparation.
3. Lack of supervision of dispatcher activities
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Fuel exhaustion Forced landing outside airport
Sources:
» El Universal» Milenio.com
» El Norte
METAR Weather report:
03:43 UTC / 22:43 local time:MMTM 030343Z 16007KT 10SM SKC 26/24 A2984
Photos
Video, social media
Se estrella aeronave en el aeropuerto de Tampico al realizar aterrizaje forzoso ?? pic.twitter.com/TVGXS56GPB
— Uno TV (@UnoNoticias) June 3, 2017
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Saltillo-Plan de Guadalupe International Airport to Puebla-Hermanos Serdán International Airport as the crow flies is 753 km (471 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
Distance from Saltillo-Plan de Guadalupe International Airport to Puebla-Hermanos Serdán International Airport as the crow flies is 753 km (471 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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