LAN Chile Flight 1069 was an aircraft accident at Puerto Williams Airport in Chile on February 20, 1991. The regional flight from Punta Arenas Airport, approximately distant, overran the runway on arrival at Puerto Williams, killing 20 of the 66 passengers. All 6 crew members survived.

The accident

The flight departed Punta Arenas normally at 14:51 hours local time, with no significant issues. At 15:15, the aircraft was cleared for a VOR A approach into Puerto Williams Airport on runway 26. Wind was given as 180° at . Shortly, the air traffic controller announced the updated wind information, and the wind was 160° at . Then the captain decided to perform a direct approach to runway 08. This was approved by air traffic control. The airplane touched down from the runway threshold at a speed of . The V_ref was , with the target touchdown speed of . Then, the aircraft overran the runway and slid into the

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The aircraft

The aircraft was a Avro RJ85/BAe 146-200 registered as CC-CET. The aircraft was 4 years and 6 months old.

Cause

The accident with the aircraft was caused by a failure of good planning made by the pilot during the approach when he decided to change runway and misapplication of the landing procedure. The weather conditions, negative slope, wet runway, wind and little braking action led to the overrun of the runway.

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