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Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 that overran the runway at La Aurora International Airport, Guatemala City, on 21 December 1999. Eight passengers and eight crew members on board were killed as well as two people on the ground.[1]

Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216

F-GTDI, the aircraft involved in the accident
Accident
Date	21 December 1999
Summary	Runway overrun
Site	La Aurora International Airport, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Total fatalities	18 (2 on ground)
Total injuries	57 (20 on ground)
Aircraft
Aircraft type	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
Operator	Cubana de Aviación
IATA flight No.	CU1216
Call sign	CUBANA 216
Registration	F-GTDI
Flight origin	José Martí International Airport, Havana, Cuba
Destination	La Aurora International Airport, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Passengers	296
Crew	18
Fatalities	16
Injuries	37
Survivors	298
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities	2
Ground injuries	20

Aircraft and crew

The aircraft involved was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, registration F-GTDI, leased by Cubana de Aviación from AOM French Airlines. It was just under 27 years old and had flown 85,760 hours at the time of the accident.[2][3][4] It had been previously owned by Air Afrique with registration TU-TAL and was involved in the hijacking of Air Afrique Flight 056.[5]

The captain was 54-year-old Jorge Toledo, who had been a DC-10 captain since 1993 and was flying for Cubana de Aviación since 1972. He had 16,117 flight hours, including 4,872 hours on the DC-10. The first officer was 41-year-old Cecelio Hernandez, who had been a DC-10 first officer since 1993 and was flying for Cubana de Aviación since 1978. He had previously been a captain of the Yakovlev Yak-42 aircraft. Hernandez had 8,115 flight hours, with 4,156 of them on the DC-10. The 59-year-old flight engineer Moises Borges was the most experienced member of the crew; had been a DC-10 flight engineer since 1992 and was flying for Cubana de Aviación since 1966. and logging 22,819 flight hours, including 4,939 on the DC-10.[1]^: 5–8[6]

Accident

Flight 1216 was a special charter transporting Guatemalan students home from universities in Cuba.[7] The aircraft took off from José Martí International Airport in Cuba with 296 passengers and 18 crew on board.[2] After a two-hour flight the aircraft was cleared to land on Runway 19 at La Aurora International Airport. On landing the pilots were unable to stop the aircraft and it ran off the end of the runway and down a slope, crashing into ten houses. The accident killed 18 people in all: eight passengers and eight crew members on board the aircraft, and two occupants of the houses.[1] There were 298 passengers and crew who survived; however 37 passengers and crew and another 20 people on the ground were injured in the accident.[1] The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and written off.[2]

The crash occurred in the La Libertad neighborhood. All three flight crew members were among the dead. Among the dead was stewardess Johanna Toledo, who was the captain's daughter.[7][8]

Cause

The accident was investigated by the Accident Investigation Section (Spanish: Sección de Investigación de Accidentes) of Guatemala's General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (Spanish: Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil). The investigation found that the aircraft touched down too far along the wet runway with insufficient deceleration, and that the crew had failed to initiate a go-around. The spoilers was found in the down and locked position, while the flight data recorder (FDR) showed them deployed. The handle for the spoilers in the cockpit was found in an undefined position. The reason for this discrepancy was not determined by the accident investigation.[1]

See also

• Cubana de Aviación accidents and incidents

References

External links

• (in Spanish) "INFORME FINAL ACCIDENTE AEROPUERTO LA AURORA, PISTA 19 CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA, GUATEMALA. [FINAL ACCIDENT REPORT LA AURORA AIRPORT, RUNWAY 19 GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA]" (Archive, PDF, Archive of PDF) General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics. Hosted by the Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA)

На других языках

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[de] Cubana-Flug 1216

Auf dem Cubana-Flug 1216 verunglückte am 21. Dezember 1999 eine McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, die von der AOM French Airlines für die Cubana betrieben wurde, bei der Landung auf dem Flughafen La Aurora in Guatemala-Stadt. Die aus Havanna kommende Maschine schoss dabei über die Landebahn hinaus und stürzte in ein Wohngebiet, wobei 18 Personen getötet und 57 verletzt wurden.

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- [en] Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216

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[it] Volo Cubana de Aviación 1216

Il volo Cubana de Aviación 1216 era un volo passeggeri charter internazionale da Boyeros, Cuba, a Città del Guatemala, Guatemala. Il 21 dicembre 1999, un McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operante il volo uscì di pista durante l'atterraggio all'aeroporto Internazionale La Aurora per errore del pilota. In totale, 18 persone persero la vita e 57 rimasero ferite.[1]

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[ru] Катастрофа DC-10 в Гватемале

Катастрофа DC-10 в Гватемале — авиационная катастрофа, произошедшая утром 21 декабря 1999 года. Авиалайнер McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 авиакомпании AOM French Airlines выполнял чартерный рейс CU1216 (для авиакомпании Cubana de Aviación) по маршруту Гавана—Гватемала, но после посадки в пункте назначения выкатился за пределы взлётной полосы аэропорта Гватемалы и рухнул на жилой массив. В катастрофе погибли 18 человек — 16 человек в самолёте из 314 (296 пассажиров и 18 членов экипажа) и 2 человека на земле[1][2].

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