Incident Overview

Date: Wednesday 29 June 1994
Aircraft Type: British Aerospace BAe-146-100
Owner/operator: The Queens Flight
Registration Number: ZE700
Location: Islay-Glenegedale Airport (ILY/EGPI) – ÿ United Kingdom
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11
Component Affected: Aircraft Performance and Limitations (specifically, the aircraft’s speed and approach parameters)Aircraft Performance and Limitations (specifically, the aircraft’s speed and approach parameters)
Category: Accident
A BAe-146-100 aircraft operated by Queens Flight experienced a significant accident at Islay-Glenedge Airport (ILY/EGPI) on 12 October 2024. The aircraft sustained substantial damage during landing, resulting in no injuries. The landing occurred on Runway 13, which had an LDA of 1,245 meters. The wind was 250ø at 20 kt, generating a tailwind component of 12 kt. The approach was unstable, exceeding the normal path and speed, leading to a prolonged landing distance of 784 meters. The aircraft?s speed across the threshold was 32 kt, and it landed long, with only 784 meters of runway remaining. Following touchdown, the aircraft?s wheels locked, and the weight-on-wheels switches failed to activate, resulting in the deployment of the lift spoilers and the selection of ground idle power. The pilot, HRH The Prince of Wales, was in command at the time of the incident. The incident was reported to have originated from Aberdeen and was a flight to the Hebrides. The Board of Inquiry determined the captain was negligent due to failing to intervene when performance exceeded limitations and the navigator was negligent for failing to advise the captain of the tailwind component and to draw his attention to inaccurate approach parameters.A BAe-146-100 aircraft operated by Queens Flight experienced a significant accident at Islay-Glenedge Airport (ILY/EGPI) on 12 October 2024. The aircraft sustained substantial damage during landing, resulting in no injuries. The landing occurred on Runway 13, which had an LDA of 1,245 meters. The wind was 250ø at 20 kt, generating a tailwind component of 12 kt. The approach was unstable, exceeding the normal path and speed, leading to a prolonged landing distance of 784 meters. The aircraft?s speed across the threshold was 32 kt, and it landed long, with only 784 meters of runway remaining. Following touchdown, the aircraft?s wheels locked, and the weight-on-wheels switches failed to activate, resulting in the deployment of the lift spoilers and the selection of ground idle power. The pilot, HRH The Prince of Wales, was in command at the time of the incident. The incident was reported to have originated from Aberdeen and was a flight to the Hebrides. The Board of Inquiry determined the captain was negligent due to failing to intervene when performance exceeded limitations and the navigator was negligent for failing to advise the captain of the tailwind component and to draw his attention to inaccurate approach parameters.

Description

A BAe-146-100, operated by the Queens Flight, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident at Islay-Glenegedale Airport (ILY/EGPI), United Kingdom. There were no injuries. The landing was on Runway 13, which had an LDA of 1,245 m. The wind was 250ø at 20 kt, giving a tailwind component of 12 kt. The approach was unstable, being above the normal approach path and too fast. The aircraft?s speed across the threshold was Vref +32 kt and it landed long, with only 784 m of the runway remaining. The aircraft touched down on its nose landing gear, and ?wheelbarrowed?, delaying the activation of the weight-on-wheels switches and hence the deployment of the lift spoilers and the selection of ground idle power. The weight-on-wheels switches activated with 509 m of the runway remaining. The aircraft ran off the end of the runway and was damaged. It is understood that the wheel brakes were then applied ‘before the full activation of the anti-skid protection systems’ causing both inboard main wheels to lock and the subsequent failure of their tyres. There were no reported injuries. It is understood that the pilot handling the aircraft at the time of the accident was HRH The Prince of Wales who was attending a series of engagements in the Hebridean Islands. The flight had come from Aberdeen. Runway 13/31 at Islay is 1,545 metres long with a landing distance available of 1,245 metres. The runway has a tarmac surface. It is reported that the Board of Inquiry found the captain ‘negligent’ in that ‘(he failed) to intervene when the aircraft performance and limitations were exceeded in the final stages of the flight’. The navigator was also apparently found ‘negligent’ for ‘failing to advise the captain of the tailwind component and to draw his attention to the inaccurate approach parameters.’

Source of Information

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_, https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/British-Aerospace/BAe-146/E1021/ZE700-Royal-Air-Force, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/prince-gives-up-flying-royal-aircraft-after-hebrides-crash-1592247.html, https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/271099-prince-charles-prang-isle-islay-june-1995-a.html, http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12737326.Pilot_Prince_plays_down_Islay_air_scare, https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20121206150429/http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/65F3C701-0FE7-4086-80FA-EEF5242D2A13/0/maas94_01_bae_146_cc2_ze700_29jun94.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_, https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/British-Aerospace/BAe-146/E1021/ZE700-Royal-Air-Force, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/prince-gives-up-flying-royal-aircraft-after-hebrides-crash-1592247.html, https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/271099-prince-charles-prang-isle-islay-june-1995-a.html, http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12737326.Pilot_Prince_plays_down_Islay_air_scare, https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20121206150429/http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/65F3C701-0FE7-4086-80FA-EEF5242D2A13/0/maas94_01_bae_146_cc2_ze700_29jun94.pdf

Primary Cause

Unstable Approach and Pilot NegligenceUnstable Approach and Pilot Negligence

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