ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330431
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Date: | Wednesday 19 July 1972 |
Time: | 13:15 |
Type: | BAC One-Eleven 501EX |
Owner/operator: | British Caledonian Airways |
Registration: | G-AWYS |
MSN: | 175 |
Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
Total airframe hrs: | 8997 hours |
Cycles: | 5626 flights |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Spey 512-14DW |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 85 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Kerkyra Airport (CFU) -
Greece
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Kerkyra-I. Kapodistrias Airport (CFU/LGKR) |
Destination airport: | London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) |
Investigating agency: | CAA Greece |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:BAC One-Eleven G-AWYS was speeding down the runway when it ran through a pool of standing water. The captain thought the no. 1 engine had failed and rejected the takeoff close to decision speed. The airplane overran the runway onto rough ground and came to rest in a nearby lagoon in about 1 metre depth. An elderly lady died of a heart attack whilst being taken to hospital.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident sequence originated when the aircraft ran into a pool of standing water at a speed very close to V1 causing a temporary reduction of engine thrust from water ingestion and a momentary loss of aircraft acceleration. This situation, apparently, delayed the crew's identification of their problems and the initiation of action to abandon the takeoff was taken about 3 seconds too late for the aircraft to be stopped within the runway distance remaining."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAA Greece |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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