On 26 September 2009, a Boeing 777-200 on a scheduled day passenger flight from St Kitts to Antigua unintentionally began and completed take off from a different intermediate position on the departure runway than the one intended in normal ground visibility and just succeeded in becoming airborne before the end of the paved surface was…… Continue Reading →
On 5 September 2001, a Boeing 777-200 on the ground at Denver, Colorado, was substantially damaged, and a refuelling operative killed, when a fire broke out following the failure of a refuelling coupling under pressure because of improper attachment…. Continue Reading →
On 7 January 2013, an electrical burning smell and smoke was reported from the aft passenger cabin of a Boeing 787-8 which had just arrived at Boston from Tokyo Narita on a scheduled passenger flight. It was found that the source of the smoke was the Lithium-Ion APU battery located in the aft electrical equipment…… Continue Reading →
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said that there was insufficient time for the CRJ engines to spool up to go-around thrust, and that a thin accumulation of ice was a major factor in causing the airplane to stall at a lower-than-normal stall angle-of-attack. The crew lost control of the airplane, and the airplane struck…… Continue Reading →
The US NTSB determined that the probable cause of this accident was the flight crewmembers’ failure to use available cues and aids to identify the airplane’s location on the airport surface during taxi and their failure to cross-check and verify that the airplane was on the correct runway before takeoff. Contributing to the accident were…… Continue Reading →
This report explains the accident involving a Bombardier CRJ-200 which crashed into a residential area about 2.5 miles south of Jefferson City Memorial Airport, Jefferson City, Missouri. During the flight, both engines flamed out after a pilot-induced aerodynamic stall and were unable to be restarted…. Continue Reading →
On an ILS approach the aeroplane deviated progressively to the left of the normal runway approach track. It passed above and then below the glide path and descended until it touched the more than 1 NM before the runway threshold. The aeroplane struck several obstacles and caught fire…. Continue Reading →
A Canadair CL-600-2A12 collided with the ground during takeoff. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and snow was falling. Of the six occupants on board, the captain, the flight attendant, and one passenger were killed, and the first officer and two passengers were seriously injured. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and postcrash fire…. Continue Reading →
The US NTSB determined that the probable cause of this accident was the pilot’s excessive takeoff rotation, during an aft center of gravity (c.g.) takeoff, a rearward migration of fuel during acceleration and takeoff and consequent shift in the airplane’s aft c.g. to aft of the aft c.g. limit, which caused the airplane to stall…… Continue Reading →
The US NTSB determined that the probable cause of the accident was the pilots’ failure to ensure the airplane was loaded within weight-and-balance limits and their attempt to take off with the center of gravity well forward of the forward takeoff limit, which prevented the airplane from rotating at the intended rotation speed…. Continue Reading →
During the initial climb following take-off, the FO noted that abnormal forward pressure on the control column was required to keep the aircraft from pitching nose up. To counter the pitch-up, he trimmed the aircraft nose down. Thirty seconds after becoming airborne, the aircraft was 350 feet above ground level and the FO had applied…… Continue Reading →
Shortly after initiating a descent, an oily smell was noticed on the flight deck, followed by a smoke build-up in the flight deck and cabin. The flight crew carried out the initial part of the smoke checklist procedure, declared an emergency and carried out a diversion…… Continue Reading →
During the take-off run, a three-foot piece of the wing leading edge (with the de-ice boot attached) separated from the left wing. The flight crew noticed a vibration on the flight controls during the initial climb after take-off… Continue Reading →
Shortly after crossing the final approach fix, sighted what they believed to be the runway. The aircraft touched down in a grassy area 151 feet to the right of the runway and 1900 feet beyond the runway threshold…. Continue Reading →
The US NTSB determined that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the flight crew to maintain terrain clearance during a VFR departure, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain and the air traffic controller’s issuance of a clearance that transferred the responsibility for terrain clearance from the flight crew to the…… Continue Reading →