McDonnell Douglas MD-83 crash, Jan 8, 2005, Cali-Alfonso...
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 accident on January 8, 2005 near Cali-Alfonso Bonilla Aragón (ex Palmaseca), Valle del Cauca, Colombia with no fatalities....
- Date: January 8, 2005
- Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-83
- Location: Cali-Alfonso Bonilla Aragón (ex Palmaseca), Valle del Cauca, Colombia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: A chain of errors that began with a hasty descent, omitted checklist items such as arming the spoilers, excessive descent rate and speed, and an unstable configuration. These led to a late touchdown and vibration of the right main gear that the shimmy damper could not control, causing the undercarriage to fail.
A McDonnell Douglas MD-83 operated by AeroRepublica on flight 7463 from Cartagena landed at Cali and touched down about 862 metres past the normal point. The crew could not decelerate properly, and the aircraft overran runway 19, lost its right main landing gear, hit the perimeter fence and came to rest on its belly. Six passengers suffered minor injuries and the rest of the occupants were unhurt.