Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante crash, Jun 25, 2001, Cootamundra
Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante accident on June 25, 2001 near Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia with no fatalities. Cause: Failure of the right...
- Date: June 25, 2001
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante
- Location: Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Failure of the right starter generator armature shaft, causing fuel line fracture and a fire, combined with incomplete emergency checklist actions, the lack of smoke evacuation procedures and the failure to extend the landing gear by the emergency procedure.
An Embraer Bandeirante charter lost its right starter generator armature in flight, and the resulting fuel line fracture led to an engine fire that the crew could not extinguish. Unable to reach a suitable airfield in fog, the pilot diverted to Cootamundra, where the right main gear was the only gear to extend. The aircraft landed on the right main gear and slid on the nose and left engine nacelle, and all nine occupants escaped uninjured.