During takeoff from Tamanrasset (Algeria), a sharp thump was heard just after rotation. The left engine had just suffered a contained burst. The airplane swung to the left. The Captain took over the controls. The airplane lost speed progressively, stalled and crashed, with the landing gear still extended, about one thousand six hundred and forty-five…… Continue Reading →
The crew of a B737-400 intended to make an ILS approach followed by a visual approach. Approximately 10 miles from the runway the airspeed was 283 knots. The PIC descended the aircraft steeply in an attempt to reach the runway, but in doing so, the airspeed increased excessively. Because the aircraft was being flown at…… Continue Reading →
A Boeing 737-400 aircraft was on a scheduled passenger flight from Surabaya, East Java to Manado, Sulawesi, at FL 350 when it disappeared from radar. The DFDR analysis showed that the aircraft was in cruise with the autopilot engaged. The autopilot was holding 5 degrees left aileron wheel in order to maintain wings level. Following…… Continue Reading →
The aircraft was at an altitude of 40,000 ft when the pilot in command noticed the cabin rate of climb indicator suddenly indicate a maximum rate of climb. The PIC disengaged the autopilot and commenced an emergency descent to an altitude of 10,000 ft…. Continue Reading →
As the taxiway was covered with ice, the aircraft, when taking a turn, no longer reacted to the nose wheel steering. As a consequence, the aircraft skidded to the side of the apron and the left wing of the aircraft collided with a lamppost. The collision seriously damaged the aircraft and the lamppost…. Continue Reading →
On a scheduled cargo flight from Liège Airport (Belgium) to London Stansted Airport (UK) the crew diverted to Nottingham East Midlands Airport (UK) due to unexpectedly poor weather conditions at London Stansted. The weather conditions at East Midlands required a CAT IIIA approach and landing. On approach, at approximately 500 feet agl, the crew were…… Continue Reading →
The causes of the accident were the incorrect positioning of a de-icing vehicle left without its driver and the crew’s incorrect perception of the dimensions of the obstacle in a difficult environment in terms of lighting…. Continue Reading →
The initial cause of the accident was the incomplete reduction of thrust on the left outer engine at the beginning of deceleration. This caused the de-activation of the automatic braking systems and the non-extension of the n° 1 thrust reverser. The inadvertent selection of full thrust on this engine after the landing created high thrust…… Continue Reading →
The aircraft overshot the end of the runway for a distance of 825 feet, became airborne for 325 feet, then struck an earthen berm. The aircraft’s tail section broke away from the fuselage, and the aircraft remained in the air for another 1200 feet before it struck terrain and burst into flames. The aircraft was…… Continue Reading →
This is a more detailed document of the australian registered Boeing 747 which overran the runway in Bangkok airport, Thailand (see above). The B747 was configured for a dry-runway landing when heavy rain occurred on final approach. The captain told the first officer (the pilot flying) to go around but then retarded the throttle levers…… Continue Reading →
On takeoff both stick shakers began to operate continuously shortly before V1. The Captain elected to continue the takeoff and, after a period of troubleshooting in the air, dumped fuel and returned to land. Maintenance engineers consulted the aircraft BITE (Built-In Test Equipment) and replaced the right-hand ADC (Air Data Computer). The subsequent takeoff proceeded…… Continue Reading →
The B767 climbed to its cruising altitude of 41,000 feet and the first hour of flight was straightforward for the experienced flight crew. The two pilots were shocked to see cockpit instruments warning of low fuel pressure in the left fuel pump. At first they thought it was a fuel pump failure. Seconds later, warning…… Continue Reading →
The aircraft contacted the runway and then bounced up into the air again before full runway contact was made with the main landing gear tires followed by the nose landing gear tire. The aircraft was not decelerated enough when nearing the runway end so the pilot flying attempted to turn the aircraft onto taxiway November…… Continue Reading →
On 24 July 2011, a Boeing 777-300 on a scheduled passenger flight from Bangkok (Thailand) to Melbourne (Australia) descended so far below the vertical profile for the night non precision approach procedure being flown in VMC at destination that ATC, observing that the aircraft was below the minimum safe altitude for the range from touchdown,…… Continue Reading →
A Boeing 777-200 aircraft was landing in rain at the Singapore Changi airport, when its left hand landing gear momentarily departed the paved surface of Runway 02L and went onto the soft grass verge before returning to the paved runway surface. Subsequently, the aircraft taxied on its own to the designated passenger gate. All occupants…… Continue Reading →