Incident Overview
Description
The Rhodes runway 07/25 (3260 m long) was wet. Due to the weather circumstances the crew of the Amiri Flight A300 increased the threshold reference speed from 134 kts to 144 kts. The ground spoilers were not armed. For braking reasons, the auto brake mode was set to “low”. The thrust reversers were disabled due to a manufacturer’s service bulletin. The aircraft landed with a speed of 166 kts, exceeding the Vref by 22 kts. The ground spoilers did not deploy automatically because they had not been armed. Consequently the auto brake system, which operates by the deployment of spoilers, did not activate. The crew attempted manual braking but they were too late. The aircraft departed the runway, sustaining serious damage. The Airbus was partly broken up after the accident.
Primary Cause
Weather conditions ? specifically wet runway ? combined with the crew’s speed increase and the failure of automatic spoilers to deploy.Weather conditions ? specifically wet runway ? combined with the crew’s speed increase and the failure of automatic spoilers to deploy.Share on:
