Incident Overview

Date: Wednesday 14 June 2006
Aircraft Type: Learjet 60
Owner/operator: Jetalliance Flugbetriebs
Registration Number: OE-GFA
Location: Bucharest-Baneasa Airport (BBU) – ÿ Romania
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: Original Runway 25 thresholdOriginal Runway 25 threshold
Investigating Agency: CIASCIAS
Category: Accident
A Learjet 60 corporate jet experienced a landing accident at Bucharest-Baneasa Airport (BBU) in Romania. The aircraft originated from Kiev, Ukraine, and departed at 13:06. The en route portion of the flight was uneventful. The flight was cleared for an NDB approach and landing on runway 25. The flight crew was unaware of the displaced runway threshold, which was 800 meters, due to maintenance works. Upon touchdown on the original runway 25 threshold, the right main gear broke off, and the aircraft subsequently veered off the side of the runway.A Learjet 60 corporate jet experienced a landing accident at Bucharest-Baneasa Airport (BBU) in Romania. The aircraft originated from Kiev, Ukraine, and departed at 13:06. The en route portion of the flight was uneventful. The flight was cleared for an NDB approach and landing on runway 25. The flight crew was unaware of the displaced runway threshold, which was 800 meters, due to maintenance works. Upon touchdown on the original runway 25 threshold, the right main gear broke off, and the aircraft subsequently veered off the side of the runway.

Description

A Learjet 60 corporate jet sustained damage in a landing accident at Bucharest-Baneasa Airport (BBU), Romania. The airplane originated in Kiev, Ukraine, were it departed at 13:06. The en route part of the flight was uneventful. The flight was cleared for an NDB approach and landing on runway 25. The flight crew was not aware that the runway threshold was displaced by 800 m due to maintenance works. Also, the original threshold was still visible and markings for the new threshold had not been applied. After touchdown on the original runway 25 threshold, the right hand main gear broke off and the airplane went off the side of the runway. Causes Technical Investigation Commission considers that the following factors led to the accident: (1) Lack of information on the displaced threshold 25 or its omission by the crew of the aircraft; (2) Failing air traffic control phraseology in AIRAC AIP SUPPLEMENT 01/06. (3) Obliteration of markings for the normal threshold (original) associated with the NDB approach and low height of the aircraft, which hampered the observation that on the landing runway two thresholds were plotted (original and the displaced).

Primary Cause

Lack of information on the displaced threshold or its omission by the crew of the aircraft; Failing air traffic control phraseology in AIRAC AIP SUPPLEMENT 01/06; Obliteration of markings for the normal threshold (original) associated with the NDB approach and low height of the aircraft, which hampered the observation that on the landing runway two thresholds were plotted (original and the displaced).Lack of information on the displaced threshold or its omission by the crew of the aircraft; Failing air traffic control phraseology in AIRAC AIP SUPPLEMENT 01/06; Obliteration of markings for the normal threshold (original) associated with the NDB approach and low height of the aircraft, which hampered the observation that on the landing runway two thresholds were plotted (original and the displaced).

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