Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 11 December 1965
Aircraft Type: de Havilland DH-114 Heron 1B
Owner/operator: Fiji Airways
Registration Number: VQ-FAL
Location: Ura Airstrip –
ÿ Fiji
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17
Component Affected: Aircraft landing rollAircraft landing roll
Category: Accident
An emergency landing occurred at Ura Airstrip due to an excessive landing roll, resulting in the aircraft resting in a depression beyond the runway threshold. The incident stemmed from an unestablished operational suitability of the airstrip.An emergency landing occurred at Ura Airstrip due to an excessive landing roll, resulting in the aircraft resting in a depression beyond the runway threshold. The incident stemmed from an unestablished operational suitability of the airstrip.
Description
An emergency landing was carried out at the Ura Airstrip. The aircraft overran the runway and came to rest in a depression beyond the windward threshold. OPINION: “The accident occurred because, in the course of an emergency landing on an airstrip not intended or satisfactory for operational use by the type of aircraft involved, the landing roll exceeded the available runway length . The basic cause of the emergency which necessitated that emergency landing had not been established with certainty.”
Primary Cause
Excessive landing roll exceeding runway length.Excessive landing roll exceeding runway length.Share on:
