Incident Overview

Date: Saturday 28 July 2018
Aircraft Type: IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 Islander
Owner/operator: Air Taxi Vanuatu
Registration Number: YJ-AL2
Location: Port Vila-Bauerfield Airport (VLI) – ÿ Vanuatu
Phase of Flight: Standing
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Component Affected: No.2 (right) engine and vertical stabilizer of the BN-2 Islander.No.2 (right) engine and vertical stabilizer of the BN-2 Islander.
Category: Other
An ATR 72-500 operated by Air Vanuatu experienced a near-miss incident at Port Vila-Bauerfield Airport, Vanuatu, resulting in damage to two parked aircraft. The aircraft, carrying 39 passengers and a crew of four, veered off the runway during the initial landing roll, impacting a parked BN-2 Islander and another parked BN-2 Islander. The pilots reported flight control abnormalities and an uncontrolled roll, leading to a collision with a parked aircraft. The aircraft abruptly stopped after the collision, with passengers and crew safely exiting.An ATR 72-500 operated by Air Vanuatu experienced a near-miss incident at Port Vila-Bauerfield Airport, Vanuatu, resulting in damage to two parked aircraft. The aircraft, carrying 39 passengers and a crew of four, veered off the runway during the initial landing roll, impacting a parked BN-2 Islander and another parked BN-2 Islander. The pilots reported flight control abnormalities and an uncontrolled roll, leading to a collision with a parked aircraft. The aircraft abruptly stopped after the collision, with passengers and crew safely exiting.

Description

An ATR 72-500 operated by Air Vanuatu as flight 239 veered off the runway during the initial landing roll at Port Vila-Bauerfield Airport, Vanuatu, hitting two parked aircraft. The aircraft was operating a scheduled passenger service from Tanna-Whitegrass Airport to Bauerfield Airport with 39 passengers and a crew of four. As the airplane overflew the island of Erromango, the pilots reported hearing a ‘bang’ sound and the cockpit engine instruments indicted a loss of oil pressure on the no.2 (right) engine and smoke. They shut down the no.2 engine and commenced the checklists for engine shut down and smoke. The pilots reported that they encountered flight control abnormalities during the approach to the Bauerfield Airport runway, with the aircraft making uncommanded roll actions. During the initial touchdown, the aircraft veered left and tracked about 450 metres from the runway towards the hangar. It impacted a parked BN-2 Islander aircraft of Unity Airlines (YJ-OO9) and severing the vertical stabilizer of another parked BN-2 Islander (YJ-AL2 of Air Taxi). The pilot in command stated that they had no nose-wheel steering or brakes and they were powerless to stop the aircraft. It came to an abrupt stop after the collision with the Islanders. The passengers and crew safely egressed the aircraft without injury.

Source of Information

http://dailypost.vu/news/no-injuries-in-emergency-landing/article_3d7d749a-3401-5a0c-9f5a-04d5c3db1f36.htmlhttp://dailypost.vu/news/no-injuries-in-emergency-landing/article_3d7d749a-3401-5a0c-9f5a-04d5c3db1f36.html

Primary Cause

Flight control abnormalities during the approach to the Bauerfield Airport runway.Flight control abnormalities during the approach to the Bauerfield Airport runway.

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