Fairchild III Crash After Engine Failure
Engine failure badly managed on final. The aircraft was destroyed as a result of crashing into the ground and subsequant fire…. Continue Reading →
Fokker 27 High Speed Landing
The aircraft carried out a lower and faster approach than normal, due to gusty wind conditions, and touched down further along the runway than normal i.e. almost halfway down the runway. The aircraft skidded along the runway and off at its end, coming to a halt with the nose section of the aircraft in the…… Continue Reading →
Fokker 70 Severe Icing On Takeoff
During rotation the left engine developed fan vibration followed immediately by the failure of the right engine at lift off. The crew executed a right hand turn at 1.500 feet QNH and proceeded to a holding fix to prepare for a single engine return to Torino. A PAN PAN PAN call was transmitted…. Continue Reading →
Fokker 100 Lightning Strike
An in-flight lightning strike caused depletion of fluid from the main hydraulic systems, and the alternate anti-skid braking system failed, but none of the occupants was injured when the airplane veered off a wet runway during landing…. Continue Reading →
Fokker 27 Improper Loading Of Cargo
Improper Loading of Cargo Causes Loss of Aircraft Control on Approach… Continue Reading →
Fokker 27 Loss Of Control In Strong Crosswind
During approach to Guernsey, United Kingdom, the pilots of the Fokker F27 received a report containing an average of wind-speed values recorded over a two-minute period. The aircraft touched down about mid-field, according to witnesses, then overran the end of the runway, veered left and struck an embankment…. Continue Reading →
Fokker 27 Loss of Aircraft Control on Approach
The Fokker F27 pitched nose-up when the flight crew extended full flaps on final approach. The crew did not regain control, and the aircraft stalled and struck the ground. The accident report said that the aircraft’s center of gravity was significantly aft of the approved limit…. Continue Reading →
Fokker 100 Aircraft Crashed After Severe Engine Icing
On 5 January 2004 a Fokker 70 departed from Vienna with for a scheduled flight to Munich. It had been an uneventful flight until the airplane was transferred to the air traffic control unit Munich. Suddenly, at FL 90, heavy vibrations on the RH engine were indicated during the approach to airport Munich. When additionally…… Continue Reading →
Gulfstream III Crash During Approach To Landing
The US NTSB determined that the probable cause of this accident was the flight crew's failure to adequately monitor and cross-check the flight instruments during the approach. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's failure to select the instrument landing system frequency in a timely manner and to adhere to approved company approach procedures,…… Continue Reading →
Gulfstream IV Acrid Smell In Cabin
After take-off, immediately after switching on the wing anti-ice system, the cabin crew reported to the pilots that a loud rushing air noise could be heard in the area of the root of the left wing. Shortly afterwards, it was noticed some systems anomalies. The crew quickly reported to ATC that they had quite a…… Continue Reading →
Gulfstream III CFIT In Mountainous Terrain
Darkness increased and weather conditions deteriorated as the pilots continued a nonprecision instrument approach below minimums without adequate visual references at the Aspen (Colorado, U.S.) airport. A delayed departure, a nighttime landing curfew and pressure from the charter customer to land were factors cited in the controlled-flight-into-terrain (CFIT) accident… Continue Reading →
OTHERJETS IL76 CFIT After Improvised GPS Approach Procedure In Low Visibility
The flight crew of the Ilyushin IL-76TD freighter conducted two approaches based on a user-defined global positioning system waypoint that incorrectly depicted the location of the runway threshold. The first approach led to a go-around. The second approach was not stabilized; the descent rate was high when the airplane struck rising terrain…. Continue Reading →
Lockheed Tristar Tailstrike On Landing
The accident occurred during an automatic landing when the rear of the aircraft struck the ground on landing. The recorded airspeed on touchdown was 120 kt, while the calculated Vref was 145 kt. During the final stages of approach, the Auto Throttle System was inoperative but the crew did not detect the consequent diverging parameters…… Continue Reading →
OTHERPROPS C130 CFIT After Noncompliance With Departure Procedures
Investigators said that the controlled-flight-into-terrain accident resulted from the flight crew’s failure to properly plan for a night departure from an unfamiliar airport. The crew of the U.S. Air Force C-130H did not follow published instrument departure procedures…. Continue Reading →
OTHERPROPS C130 Crash Because Of Non Compliance Witth SID
Noncompliance With Departure Procedures Sets Course for Impact With Mountain… Continue Reading →