Incident Overview

Date: Saturday 18 September 1999
Aircraft Type: Shorts 330-200
Owner/operator: Streamline Aviation
Registration Number: G-SSWU
Location: London-Luton Airport (LTN) – ÿ United Kingdom
Phase of Flight: Standing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Component Affected: AA-5B light aircraft, runway, Shorts 330 aircraft.AA-5B light aircraft, runway, Shorts 330 aircraft.
Category: Other
A Grumman AA-5B light aircraft, registered G-BDLR, experienced a significant runway excursion during a local flight from London-Luton Airport (LTN). The aircraft overflew the runway, resulting in the fatalities of all three occupants. The incident began with a surface wind check, followed by an increase in wind speed, and ultimately, a yaw to the left, leading to an airborne departure over the grass and a collision with a parked Shorts 330 aircraft.A Grumman AA-5B light aircraft, registered G-BDLR, experienced a significant runway excursion during a local flight from London-Luton Airport (LTN). The aircraft overflew the runway, resulting in the fatalities of all three occupants. The incident began with a surface wind check, followed by an increase in wind speed, and ultimately, a yaw to the left, leading to an airborne departure over the grass and a collision with a parked Shorts 330 aircraft.

Description

A Grumman AA-5B light aircraft, registered G-BDLR, operated on a local flight out of London-Luton Airport (LTN), UK carrying two pilots and a passenger. At 09:00 hrs, G-BDLR was cleared onto final approach for runway 08 and was passed a surface wind check from 170ø at 14 kt. The wind speed increased to 20 kts as the airplane crossed the threshold. The AA-5 overflew the runway at a height of about 10 feet. About 650 metres into the runway, the airplane began to yaw to the left. The aircraft left the paved surface of the runway and was airborne over the grass. It touched down again. The aircraft then appeared to accelerate and became airborne again momentarily, overflying the parallel taxiway. It flew into the front right side of a parked Shorts 330 aircraft, registration G-SSWU, which had been correctly parked and left unattended facing south on parking stand 22 on the south apron. All three occupants of the AA-5 were killed in the accident.

Source of Information

http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/dft_avsafety_pdf_500010.pdfhttp://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/dft_avsafety_pdf_500010.pdf

Primary Cause

Excessive wind speed and a deviation from the planned flight path caused the aircraft to overshoot the runway.Excessive wind speed and a deviation from the planned flight path caused the aircraft to overshoot the runway.

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