ACT B744 at Dammam and Jeddah on Feb 1st 2020, tail strike on departure
Last Update: February 26, 2020 / 17:30:31 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 1, 2020
Classification
Accident
Airline
ACT Airlines
Flight number
SV-919
Departure
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Destination
Zaragoza, Spain
Aircraft Registration
TC-MCT
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
The aircraft is still on the ground in Jeddah about 25 days later.
On Feb 26th 2020 The Aviation Herald received information that first investigation results suggest incorrect data input resulted in substantially wrong/low V speeds for takeoff which remained undetected until after takeoff.
Metars Dammam:
OEDF 010200Z 14004KT 2000 BR NSC 12/09 Q1015 NOSIG=
OEDF 010100Z 13006KT 3000 BR NSC 12/09 Q1015 NOSIG=
OEDF 010000Z 13005KT 3000 BR NSC 11/08 Q1015 NOSIG=
OEDF 312300Z 15005KT 3000 BR NSC 11/08 Q1015 NOSIG=
OEDF 312200Z 17004KT 4000 BR NSC 11/08 Q1016 TEMPO 2000=
OEDF 312100Z VRB03KT 6000 NSC 12/08 Q1016 NOSIG=
OEDF 312000Z 00000KT 8000 NSC 13/08 Q1017 NOSIG=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 1, 2020
Classification
Accident
Airline
ACT Airlines
Flight number
SV-919
Departure
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Destination
Zaragoza, Spain
Aircraft Registration
TC-MCT
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
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