Boeing 737-800 crash, Jul 30, 2011, Georgetown-Cheddi Jag...
Boeing 737-800 accident on July 30, 2011 near Georgetown-Cheddi Jagan (ex Timehri, ex Atkinson Field), Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana with no fatalities....
- Date: July 30, 2011
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
- Location: Georgetown-Cheddi Jagan (ex Timehri, ex Atkinson Field), Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The aircraft touched down late after the captain carried excess power into the flare and did not use full deceleration capability. Indecision about a go-around and diminished situational awareness contributed, as found by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority with NTSB assistance.
A Caribbean Airlines 737-800 from New York via Port of Spain landed at night in Georgetown with the captain still floating above the runway. It touched down about 4,700 feet past the threshold, did not make full use of braking and overran the runway, descending an embankment. The fuselage fractured, but all occupants survived.