ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323582
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Date: | Friday 14 January 2000 |
Time: | 14:30 |
Type: | Hawker Siddeley HS-748-285 Srs. 2A |
Owner/operator: | TAME Ecuador |
Registration: | HC-BEY |
MSN: | 1739 |
Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
Total airframe hrs: | 867 hours |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 534-2 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Guayaquil-Simon Bolivar Airport (GYE) -
Ecuador
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Guayaquil-Simon Bolivar Airport (GYE/SEGU) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A Hawker Siddeley HS-748 transport plane sustained substantial damage in a ground accident at Guayaquil-Simon Bolivar Airport (GYE), Ecuador.
The airplane began to taxy from its position on the platform when it struck an ground power unit with its no. 1 engine. Propeller blades were damaged and shrapnel penetrated the fuselage of the airplane.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's haste and distraction by starting to taxi on the platform."
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