BAe 146 crash, Feb 20, 1991 (20 killed), Puerto Williams
BAe 146 accident on February 20, 1991 near Puerto Williams, Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena, Chile with 20 fatalities. Cause: Poor...
- Date: February 20, 1991
- Aircraft: BAe 146
- Location: Puerto Williams, Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena, Chile
- Fatalities: 20
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Poor approach planning and wrong approach configuration by the crew, who landed too far down a 1,440 m runway in marginal weather with a tailwind and poor braking action on a wet surface.
A LAN Chile BAe 146 on flight LA1069 changed to a straight-in approach at Puerto Williams after a wind shift and landed long, about 427 m past the threshold and fast. It could not stop on the wet runway, overran and came to rest in the Beagle Channel close to the shore. Twenty passengers died and 17 occupants were injured.