Blue Island AT72 at Jersey on Mar 28th 2017, tail scrape on landing
Last Update: April 6, 2017 / 13:49:14 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 28, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Blue Islands
Flight number
SI-659
Departure
Southampton, United Kingdom
Destination
Jersey, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-ISLL
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
The AAIB reported the tail bumper was scraped as result of the tail scrape. The occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated.
Metars:
EGJJ 282020Z 20012KT 9999 -RA NSC 12/08 Q1023 NOSIG=
EGJJ 281950Z 21017KT 9999 FEW045 12/08 Q1023 NOSIG=
EGJJ 281920Z 21014KT 9999 FEW045 12/08 Q1023 NOSIG=
EGJJ 281850Z 21013KT 9999 FEW045 12/08 Q1023 NOSIG=
EGJJ 281820Z 22014KT 9999 FEW045 12/08 Q1022 NOSIG=
EGJJ 281750Z 21013KT 9999 FEW045 13/08 Q1022 NOSIG=
EGJJ 281720Z 21012KT 9999 FEW045 13/08 Q1022 NOSIG=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 28, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Blue Islands
Flight number
SI-659
Departure
Southampton, United Kingdom
Destination
Jersey, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-ISLL
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
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