Chachoan Airport
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01/19 | 1,920 | 6,299 | Asphalt |
Chachoan Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Chachoan) (IATA: ATF, ICAO: SEAM) is a high elevation airport serving Ambato (also known as San Juan de Ambato), capital of the Tungurahua Province in Ecuador. The airport is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of Ambato, in a broad basin of the central Andes mountains cut through by the Ambato River.
The Ambato VOR-DME (Ident: AMV) is located on a ridge 4.7 nautical miles (8.7 km) south-southeast of the airport. The Ambato non-directional beacon (Ident: AMB) is located on the field. There is rising and mountainous terrain in all quadrants.[4][5]
Accident
On October 28, 1997, An Aerogal Fairchild FH-227D, with registration HC-BUF, was operating a repositioning ferry flight with staff and equipment from Quito's Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Chachoan. Due to the pilots' and the airline's poor-to-none flight preparation to fly into this high-elevation airfield, the plane touched down halfway down the runway at high speed (at 100 knots). It overran the runway by 170 meters and fell into a 90-meter-deep ravine. There were no casualties among the seven occupants but the plane was written off.[6]
This particular airframe (cn.573 formerly N2784R) had been briefly used in 1992 for photoshoot purposes for the 1993 Alive, painted in the livery of the ill-fated Uruguayan Air Force 571.[7][8]
See also
Ecuador portal
Aviation portal
- Transport in Ecuador
- List of airports in Ecuador
References
- ^ Airport information for SEAM[usurped]
- ^ Airport information for Chachoan at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Google Maps - Chachoan
- ^ Ambato NDB
- ^ Ambato VOR
- ^ "Runway excursion Accident Fairchild FH-227D HC-BUF, Tuesday 28 October 1997".
- ^ "Fairchild Hiller FH-227D, N2784R / 573, South Seattle Community College".
- ^ https://aviation-safety.net/photo/2007/Fairchild-FH-227D-571 [bare URL]
External links
- OpenStreetMap - Chachoan
- OurAirports - Chachoan
- SkyVector - Chachoan
- Accident history for Chachoan Airport at Aviation Safety Network
- Current weather for Chachoan Airport at NOAA/NWS
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