Video footage from a doorbell camera installed at a house beyond the runway shows the aircraft passing low overhead, missing electrical wires by mere feet.




A cargo aircraft that struck the top of a tree at the end of a runway as it took off was 606lbs (274kg) overweight, according to an investigation into the incident.

On February 3, 2022, an Aerosucre Boeing 737-200 with a crew of five took off from Puerto Carreno Airport in Colombia at a dangerously low altitude and, as it became airborne and the landing gear retracted, clipped the top of a 46ft high tree located (967ft) past the end of the runway.


The crew returned to the airport around 20 minutes after departure after the left-hand engine lost power.

A subsequent inspection found that the engine had ingested vegetation and vegetation was discovered embedded in parts of the left wing.





Before returning to the airport the Bogota-bound aircraft climbed to 2,500ft and the crew restarted the left-hand engine. However, it was overheating and smoke was seen coming out of it after the aircraft landed, though no fire was evident.

As reported in the Aviation Herald, Colombia's Aeronautica Civil released its findings into the 'serious incident' this week, concluding that the aircraft became airborne too far down the runway owing to 'extreme conditions of aircraft weight', with thinner air density caused by a warmer temperature than expected - 33.9C - pinpointed as another contributing factor.

It was also noted that the first officer claimed that the captain did not get the aircraft airborne when he called out that take-off speed had been called - possibly because of the extra weight.

The report said that 'late rotation [when the pilot pulls the nose of the aircraft up to take off] caused by extreme conditions of aircraft weight and density altitude… did not permit the aircraft to achieve a sufficient climb rate, climb angle and altitude to clear the obstacles in the take-off trajectory'.

The crew was apparently aware that the aircraft was overweight – at 108,577lbs versus a maximum take-off weight of 107,950lbs - and was criticised in the report for being 'overconfident' in their assumption that they could lose weight during the taxi for departure.





The incident comes seven years after an Aerosucre plane overshot the runway at Puerto Carreno and crashed, killing five people, with one person surviving.

Witnesses captured dramatic footage of the flight overshooting the runway and struggling to gain altitude.

The footage then shows the Boeing 727 aircraft descending into a field and bursting into flames.

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I’m guessing it was way more than 600 pounds overweight. Probably a missing zero.

Woulda been underweight after a half hour, sucks to suck

Aero sucker?

Amazing that somebody still flies a -200!

600lbs didn't matter, but density altitude is a bitch.

I was thinking the same thing.  And who runs a five person crew on a cargo bird?

I would have thought that taking so long to reach V1 would have resulted in a rejected takeoff.

Idiots

Or, reduced thrust set to low + bad technique.   600lbs is nominal in a 737.

Eventually you reach a point where still taking off and clipping some trees is probably better than going off the runway and into the houses.

Must be a former cartel pilot.

Isn't the whole point of having a defined V1 to avoid that scenario?

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As someone who doesn’t know shit about fuck, you’re telling me 600# is a deal breaker?

Do straight pipe 737s do derated takeoffs? I’m a Learjet45 and Falcon guy. We just go to the TO detent in the 45.

In the Falcon we just hit the stop. DEEC takes care of the rest. We don’t care about gas in that plane. Pull it back to go downhill.

Takeoffs are optional, landings are inevitable.

Looks like they took out some fence.

They technically made a safe takeoff and landing.

"Next time lets try 800# overweight!"

Can't wait for the mouth breathers to blame this on Boeing.

These guys are absolute clowns.

Damn. Look at the trees sway and all of the debris flying by.

Nolinor has a few as well.

That is an OLD 737

Probably two pilots, a trainee pilot, a mechanic and a loadmaster. Those kinds of crews are common outside the US (and some US carriers carry loads and mechanics if they are going OCONUS.)

Luckily, I have no clue.   We can assume Every takeoff is derated in that old warbird though.  

Barry Seal flew over weight planes out of Columbia all of the time.

I miss the Southwest jets with club seating at the overwing exits.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737

Boeing 737-200 Takeoff run : 6,099 ft

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ%C3%A1n_Olano_Airport
SKPC: 5906 feet.

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The little ones are cute little jets.   Would make a nice corporate rig for the right person.

I think they are retiring their Combi's this year.

Altitude density is, too!

Does anyone remember the Aerosucre crash from maybe 5 years back? It was posted here.

Almost an exact same scenario except they crashed and died. Barely made it over a fence. Etc.

Looks like maybe they didnt learn a whole lot from the experience.

For the seasoned 737 pilots here, what's going on when the PNF puts the landing gear handle in what looks like a middle position, is it because that the 200 series didn't have main gear doors ?

Aerosucre isn’t known for its robust safety culture.

Bush Alaska really misses the combi 200's.

This is in cooler air.

Rural Alaska hubs had short runways.
They were not much over 6,000ft till they were extended.
The 200's did very good even with good loads in them.

Can't imagine what it is like living in one of those houses at the end of the runway.

Meh. The plane's really not overloaded unless you almost take out the Taj Mahal.

I doubt if the 600 pounds had anything to do with it.

My buddies parents house is right under the take-off and landing area.

When commercial fishing was heavy the dc-6's would take off (over weight).
House was a two story house and we could almost touch the belly of the six's.

Houses would shake when they went over at all times of the day.

600lbs made it do that? no.

They all had that, until the MAX.

I'm guessing they ate the safety margin trying to get to V1 and no longer had runway to bail out of takeoff,

Density Altitude says hold my beer

Thanks, just read up on it. Releases hydraulic pressure on the gear actuator while the mains are locked in place. Makes sense now.