Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 14 July 1996
Aircraft Type: Boeing E-3A Sentry (707-300B)
Owner/operator: NATO
Registration Number: LX-N90457
Location: Prveza-Aktion Airport (PVK) –
ÿ Greece
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16
Component Affected: Boeing E-3A aircraft’s takeoff system and control surfaces.Boeing E-3A aircraft’s takeoff system and control surfaces.
Category: Accident
A Boeing E-3A aircraft aborted takeoff from Prveza-Aktion Airport (PVK) in Greece due to an alleged ingestion of birds. The pilot reported hearing sounds suggesting bird ingestion and, consequently, initiated an uncontrolled landing, resulting in the aircraft overrunning the runway and impacting a sea wall.A Boeing E-3A aircraft aborted takeoff from Prveza-Aktion Airport (PVK) in Greece due to an alleged ingestion of birds. The pilot reported hearing sounds suggesting bird ingestion and, consequently, initiated an uncontrolled landing, resulting in the aircraft overrunning the runway and impacting a sea wall.
Description
The pilot of a Boeing E-3A airborne early warning and control aircraft aborted the takeoff from Prveza-Aktion Airport (PVK), Greece when the pilot assumed that from the sounds that he heard that they had ingested birds. The airplane could not be brought to a stop on the runway. It overran the runway end into the sea. It struck a sea wall, causing the fuselage to break. Reportedly the takeoff was abandoned at a speed after V1 and it was said that there were no indications for bird ingestion.
Primary Cause
Alleged bird ingestion leading to an uncontrolled takeoff and landing.Alleged bird ingestion leading to an uncontrolled takeoff and landing.Share on:
