Boeing 727-200 crash, May 1, 1996, Quito-Mariscal Sucre (...
Boeing 727-200 accident on May 1, 1996 near Quito-Mariscal Sucre (City), Pichincha, Ecuador with no fatalities. Cause: Takeoff at a weight about 9,700...
- Date: May 1, 1996
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-200
- Location: Quito-Mariscal Sucre (City), Pichincha, Ecuador
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Takeoff at a weight about 9,700 kg above the maximum takeoff weight, with the crew told the limit was 70,000 kg, and a late rejected takeoff on a wet runway. The operator's weight control was a contributing factor.
A Boeing 727 carrying the Corinthians football squad and staff from Quito was overloaded by about 9,700 kg above the MTOW. The captain rejected the takeoff just before V1 on a rainy runway, and the aircraft overran through the ILS antenna, down an embankment and into a concrete wall. All occupants evacuated and the aircraft was written off.