Emirates B777 Runway Impact During Attempted Go-Around, 3 August 2016, Dubai: Accident Report
The final report into a dramatic accident in Dubai featured automation and emergency response aspects.
B1900D Window Blowout
An incident in South Africa is a reminder on procedures for operating the B1900D on the ground.
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Runway Excursion Exposes Safety Management Issues
Highlights the risk of awarding to the lowest bidder and relying only on an AOC being in place. Investigators call for regulators to focus on the practical application and performance of SMS (not shelfware documents).
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Costa Rican C208B Stalled While Trying To Avoid High Ground
Two C208Bs were carrying foreign tourists. Aircraft 1 took off and turned east, aircraft 2 carried north and lost control trying to avoid the rising ground.
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Luftwaffe VVIP Global 5000 Written Off After Flying Control Assembly Error
A maintenance error results in severe flight control problems and damage that wrote off a German VVIP business jet.
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Dash 8 Q400 Return to Base After Pitot System Contaminated By Unapproved Test Kit Lubricant
The AAIB safety investigation revealed a difference between ‘work as imagined’ and ‘work as done’ in testing the pitot static system.
Unalaska Saab 2000 Fatal Runway Excursion: PenAir N686PA 17 Oct 2019
Only the second fatal accident involving a US Part 121 passenger airline since 2009. One propeller hit a road sign and two blades entered the cabin killing a passenger. Crew had low time on type and landed long.
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Tight Cable Tie Nose Gear Jam
Damage to a harness by a rigid tie wrap was enough to eventually cause a nose landing gear jam, in a previously not foreseen failure mode.
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“Shoulda gone around”: B727 Landing with NLG Retracted
A failure to report a defect during the previous flight and an Aircraft Commander who ignored concerns from his crew feature in this accident that feels like it is from a pre-CRM era.
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‘Crazy’ KC-10 Boom Loss: Informal Maintenance Shift Handovers and Skipped Tasks
Informal verbal handovers over 4 shifts and skipping a key functional check had a hand in an air refuelling boom that went ‘crazy’ in flight and detached.
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ATR72 Missed Damage: Maintenance Lessons
Unclear communications, shift handover & roles and responsibilities, complacency about fatigue and failure to use access equipment all feature in this serious incident.
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Glider Controls Fail After Non Compliant Maintenance Embodying an AD
Errors embodying an AD resulted in a loss of air break control.
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B747-400F Tyre Explosion During Inflation
A slow deflation of a tyre was not noticed until a turnaround in Singapore. A Cold check was conducted on what was likely still a Hot tyre. It was erroneously decided the tyre could be kept in service but it burst during inflation.
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King Air 100 Stalls on Take Off After Exposed to 14 Minutes of Snowfall: No De-Icing Applied
The operator had “wide-ranging deficiencies” said a Transport Canada audit but was allowed to continue to operate before a scheduled suspension came into force.
Severe Propeller Vibrations on ATR 72-212A: BEA Report
In July 2019 the BEA reported on a series of propeller incidents that occurred due to a vibratory phenomena that was not uncovered in certification testing.
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Hurried Door Inspection Results in Fall From Aircraft
A door safety strap, as it does not prevent falls, cannot replace a work platform installed outside the aircraft say CIAIAC. We look at some of the guidance on safe working at height on aircraft.
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Twin Otter Nose Wheel Steering Misused in Runway Excursion
Improper use of nose wheel steering leads to a runway excursion in Taiwan.
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Gripen Main Landing Gear Damaged During Unstabalised Short Field Landing
An overly steep approach resulted in landing gear damage while practising short field landings at a civilian airfield that differed from specifically designed Swedish dispersed bases.
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Wake Turbulence Diamond DA62 Accident in Dubai
The final report into the loss of a DA62 during a navaid calibration flight in Dubai is critical of the UK CAA’s oversight of this Part SPO operator.
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Premature A319 Evacuation With Engines Running
Smoke from anACM bearing failure lead to an evacuation. But doing steps without the checklist resulted in the engines not being shut down beforehand and pax confusion on whether this was an emergency.
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ERJ175 NLG Uplock Spring Production Defect
Sub-standard raw material caused a NLG collapse caught on video in San Antonio.
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When Red Bull Gives You More Than Wings…
When Red Bull Gives You More Than Wings… A database of US military aviation accidents and incidents complied by Military Times last year revealed an odd mishap. It resulted in website The War Zone submitting a Freedom of Information Act request. The response detailed how the co-pilot of a US Air Force (USAF) Beechcraft MC-12W Liberty King Air 350 10-006450 had reached
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ERJ-190 Flying Control Rigging Error
Portuguese accident investigators say an incorrect aileron control cable system installation was not detected despite an FLT CTRL NO DISPATCH message and 11 days of troubleshooting or by pre-flight crew checks.
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PA-34 Electrical Short Melted Rudder Cable
The stand-by battery wiring of a Garmin 1000 chaffed on the rudder cable, shorted and melted the flying control cable.
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Survey Aircraft Fatal Accident: Fatigue, Fuel Mismanagement and Prior Concerns
Concerns had been raised about the pilot and the operation just days before this fatal accident. It highlights the importance of doing a proper due diligence and having independent aviation expertise available when contracting for special mission support.
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