Date: | Friday 27 October 2017 |
Time: | 07:20 |
Type: | Beechcraft B200 Super King Air |
Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Services |
Registration: | VH-LNK |
MSN: | BB-968 |
Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Lord Howe Island Airport, NSW (LDH) -
Australia
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Port Macquarie Airport, NSW (PQQ/YPMQ) |
Destination airport: | Lord Howe Island Airport, NSW (LDH/YLHI) |
Confidence Rating: | |
Narrative:A Beechcraft B200 Super King Air sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at Lord Howe Island Airport, Australia.
During descent, the aircraft was struck by lightning and the flight director and autopilot failed. During late final approach, the aircraft encountered a strong downdraft, resulting in a hard landing with substantial damage to the right wing and propeller.
The Lord Howe Island Airport has a single 2907 ft runway, direction 10/28. Weather at the morning of the accident included strong, gusting winds. At 07:28 winds were measured from 030° at 27 knots, gusting to 39 knots.
METAR:
19:20 UTC / 06:20 local time:
YLHI 261920Z AUTO 01008G20KT 5000 // SCT018 SCT040 OVC058 20/18 Q1008
20:28 UTC / 07:28 local time:
YLHI 262028Z AUTO 03027G39KT 6000 // SCT014 BKN044 OVC081 20/18 Q1005
21:26 UTC / 08:26 local time:
YLHI 262126Z AUTO 31011KT 6000 // SCT012 BKN020 OVC069 17/16 Q1002
Sources:
Weather report restriction linked to Lord Howe air crash (theaustralian.com.au, 3 Nov 2017) ATSB ref. 201704957
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