Greenland DH8B at Nuuk on Dec 29th 2014, runway excursion
Last Update: January 29, 2015 / 17:58:55 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 29, 2014
Classification
Report
Cause
Runway excursion
Airline
Air Greenland
Flight number
GL-421
Departure
Nuuk, Greenland
Destination
Paamiut, Greenland
Aircraft Registration
OY-GRK
Aircraft Type
De Havilland DHC-8-200 Dash 8
ICAO Type Designator
DH8B
Denmark's HCL released their preliminary report reporting that a preliminary post flight examination by the HCL revealed a defective micro switch at the right hand power lever, part of the beta range protection circuitry.
The HCL reported that the captain was pilot flying and the first officer pilot monitoring. The aircraft landed on runway 23 following a visual circling, flaps were set to 35 degrees. After touchdown the commander selected reverse (beta) on both engines and noticed that the aircraft unexpectedly began to veer left, disengaged reverse and used wheel brakes as well as nose wheel steering in an attempt to keep the aircraft on the runway, the aircraft however continued to veer left and exited the runway. The crew assessed the situation, noticed no apparent damage and no injuries, and decided to not evacuate the aircraft. The crew requested an immediate runway inspection suspecting the runway conditions did not match the reported conditions.
The HCL reported that the runway inspection at 15:46Z measured runway 05 friction coefficients 19/21/21, the runway was covered 100% by 1mm of dry snow and 50% of 1mm ice. At 13:40Z the runway 05 friction coefficients were reported at 40/48/50.
Examination of the defective micro switch showed that it was no longer spring loaded and the plunger moved freely disappearing inside the switch housing.
The HCL made following preliminary analysis:
A divergence between reported (measured at 13:40 hours) and effective (measured at 15:46 hours) braking action coefficients on runway 23 in combination with a momentary failure of the right hand power lever micro switch causing a momentary activation of the right hand propeller beta backup protection deemed to have had a negative effect on the flight crew’s ability to maintain directional control, which resulted in the aircraft running off the side of the runway (runway excursion).
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 29, 2014
Classification
Report
Cause
Runway excursion
Airline
Air Greenland
Flight number
GL-421
Departure
Nuuk, Greenland
Destination
Paamiut, Greenland
Aircraft Registration
OY-GRK
Aircraft Type
De Havilland DHC-8-200 Dash 8
ICAO Type Designator
DH8B
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