Status: | |
Date: | Wednesday 20 July 1994 |
Time: | 22:26 |
Type: |  Boeing 737-3W0 |
Operator: | China Yunnan Airlines |
Registration: | B-2540 |
MSN: | 27139/2400 |
First flight: | 1992-11-17 (1 year 8 months) |
Engines: | 2 CFMI CFM56-3C1 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 140 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 148 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Kunming Airport (KMG) ( China)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP), China |
Narrative:Weather was poor, rain showers and thunderstorms, as Boeing 737 B-2540 approached Kunming Airport. The Boeing landed 2500 feet down runway 03 at 170 knots, which is 50 knots too fast. The airplane could not be stopped on the remaining runway and overran across soft ground. It struck approach lights and the ILS antenna; the nosegear collapsed and was pushed into the avionics bay. Kunming's runway 23 is 11155 feet/3400 m long.
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» Flight International 28 September-4 October 1994 (p.8)
» Scramble 184
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accident date:
20-07-1994type: Boeing 737-3W0
registration: B-2540
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.