[Ref Flight International 23-29 April 2019, avherald.com] Occurrence Date/Time 8 November 2017 Aircraft Type RJ85 Flight / Operator Airlink (ZS-ASW) POB 38 occupants Description The aircraft had been 38min into its flight and some 240nm north-east of Johannesburg, in the vicinity of the airspace boundary between Zimbabwe and South Africa A loud bang was heard on the […]
Category: Incident
Fokker 100 issues trigger Iran warning
[Ref 2-8 April 2019 | Flight International Page 10] This week, there are two similar incident reported. Case 1 Occurrence Date/Time 19 March 2019 Aircraft Type Fokker 100 Flight / Operator IR215 (EP-IDG) POB 24 PAX + 9 Crews Description the crew discovered that the landing gear would not deploy aircraft (EP-IDG) entered a holding […]
ATR porpoised after overly fast landing
[Ref 26 March-1 April 2019 | Flight International] Occurrence Date/Time 22 October 2016 Aircraft Type ATR 72-600 Flight / Operator White Airways on behalf of TAP Air POB 24 occupants Description the ATR’s airspeed had crept to 116kt – above the 101kt approach speedATR bounced three times and settling only after the fourth contact.The first, it landed […]
Wind damaged parked MD-83 prior to overrun
[Ref Flight International 19March 2019] Occurrence Date/Time 8 March 2017 Aircraft Type Boeing MD-83 Flight / Operator Ameristar aircraft (N786TW) POB 110 PAX + 6 CREWS Description calculated the V1 decision speed and rotation speed aircraft, which reached a maximum airspeed of 173kt, did not rotate captain aborted the take-off roll Result travelled 1,780m (5,850ft) […]
A320 severe touchdown went unnoted
[Ref A320 severe touchdown went unnoted P.14] Occurrence Date/Time 1 December 2017 Aircraft Type A320 Flight / Operator Orange2fly, aircraft (SX-ORG) POB Description The crew had agreed to conduct a “positive” landing in order to reduce the risk of hydroplaning on the wet runway The pilots did not suspect any problem initially. Therefore, no records […]
Wing ice prompted Jazz CRJ200 stall on landing
[Ref 26 February-4 March 2019 | Flight International | 15] CRJ200 suffered a sudden wing drop, just as the aircraft flared for landing It descended through an area of cloud during the approach, travelling at 230kt (426km/h) Interestingly, crew does not need to engage wing anti-ice systems above 230kt, according to the CRJ200 aircraft flight manual on-board […]
C-check fault behind Qeshm Air gear-up landing
[Ref 10 | Flight International | 8-14 January 2019] poor maintenance procedures, allowing contamination of hydraulic lines, led to a gear-up landing They executed a missed approach and entered a holding pattern while attempting to resolve the problem Several attempts to recycle the undercarriage were not successful A low pass over the airport allowed ground personnel […]
787-9 pilots risked take-off mishap
[Ref 12 | Flight International | 1-7 January 2019] Pilots of a Boeing 787-9 departing London Gatwick inadvertently taxied over 400m (1,310ft) beyond the start of the runway, shortening the takeoff distance and risking an overrun in the event of engine failure had the aircraft suffered an engine failure at the critical V1 speed, an attempt to […]
Storms led 737 overrun pilot to decide against go-around
[Ref 21 August-3 September 2018 | Flight International P.17] lost situational awareness – failed to realise how much runway had passed “Wrong” Decision – runway the captain decided that, owing to the presence of storms on the missed approach pattern, he would not execute a goaround. (My Question: Could he request advice from ATC?) “poor assertiveness” […]
Security questions follow Horizon theft
[Ref Flight International | 21 August-3 September 2018 P.11] commercial aircraft engines start without keys An employee – a ground service agent identified, his job involved loading and unloading aircraft and operating aircraft tugs. He stole the parked aircraft from a cargo area on the north part of Seattle-Tacoma International airport, then took off, crashing […]