Incident Overview

Date: Sunday 10 January 1988
Aircraft Type: NAMC YS-11-109
Owner/operator: TOA Domestic Airlines
Registration Number: JA8662
Location: Yonago-Miho Airport (YGJ) – ÿ Japan
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 52
Component Affected: Elevator rudderElevator rudder
Investigating Agency: ARAICARAIC
Category: Accident
A Miho aircraft aborted takeoff due to excessive elevator control, resulting in an overrun of the runway. The aircraft’s failure to stop on the runway was triggered by the elevator rudder being too heavy, compounded by the lack of anti-icing and the high speed during the aborted takeoff maneuver. The aircraft?s pilot, inexperienced with YS-11 aircraft, was restricted from leaving the controls.A Miho aircraft aborted takeoff due to excessive elevator control, resulting in an overrun of the runway. The aircraft’s failure to stop on the runway was triggered by the elevator rudder being too heavy, compounded by the lack of anti-icing and the high speed during the aborted takeoff maneuver. The aircraft?s pilot, inexperienced with YS-11 aircraft, was restricted from leaving the controls.

Description

On takeoff from Miho the co-pilot found the elevator control too heavy to rotate and aborted the takeoff. The aircraft could not be stopped on the runway and overran runway 25 (1500 m long) by 60 m, ending up in shallow water. The aircraft had not been de-iced. With light snow showers, ice or slush might have affected elevator control. Also, the captain had been acting as such on YS-11 aircraft less then 6 months; he was not allowed to leave the controls to the co-pilot during takeoff. It is presumed that this accident occurred because the aircraft failed to stop by the overrun zone after the takeoff abort maneuver was performed at a high speed exceeding takeoff runway speed V2. The co-pilot aborted the takeoff because he felt the elevator rudder was too heavy and judged that he could not cause the aircraft to take off by steering the elevator rudder. This may be related to the fact that no anti-icing work was performed on the aircraft. The failure to stop on the runway may have been caused by the high speed at which the aircraft aborted takeoff, slush on the runway surface, and reduced braking effect due to the small weight of the main landing gear.

Primary Cause

Excessive elevator control and restricted pilot authority led to an overrun of the runway.Excessive elevator control and restricted pilot authority led to an overrun of the runway.

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