Boeing 737-200 crash, Jan 10, 2011, Hoedspruit AFB
Boeing 737-200 accident on January 10, 2011 near Hoedspruit AFB, Mpumalanga, South Africa with no fatalities. Cause: The captain's decision to reverse...
- Date: January 10, 2011
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
- Location: Hoedspruit AFB, Mpumalanga, South Africa
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Cause: The captain's decision to reverse the aircraft at night without external guidance after overshooting the turn point.
A Boeing 737-200 flown empty after a charter to Hoedspruit taxied at night with its landing lights switched off. The captain overshot the turn point, then reversed the aircraft without ground guidance, and the main wheels ran off the edge of the taxiway down an embankment. No one was injured and the aircraft was substantially damaged.