Status:	Definitief
Datum:	11 FEB 1998
Tijd:	12:16 CST
Type:	Embraer EMB-145ER (ERJ-145ER)
Luchtvaartmaatschappij:	Continental Express
Registratie:	N14931
Constructienummer:	145013
Bouwjaar:	1997
Aantal vlieguren:	1844
Aantal vluchten:	1472
Motoren:	2 Allison AE3007A
Bemanning:	slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 4
Passagiers:	slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 0
Totaal:	slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 4
Schade:	Groot
Gevolgen:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Plaats:	Beaumont-Jefferson County Airport, TX (BPT) (Verenigde Staten)
Fase:	Start (TOF)
Soort vlucht:	Training
Vliegveld van vertrek:	Beaumont-Jefferson County Airport, TX (BPT/KBPT), Verenigde Staten
Vliegveld van aankomst:	Houston-George Bush Intercontinental Airport, TX (IAH/KIAH), Verenigde Staten
Vluchtnummer:	910

Beschrijving:
The Embraer had just finished its 1st training cycle of the day. After a full stop landing on runway 30, the aircraft taxied back to the threshold for another
departure. The instructor pilot's plan was to give the flying pilot a simulated engine failure at V1 airspeed. With the student pilot at the controls, the aircraft accelerated down the runway. After a "V1" call out and rotation, the instructor pilot retarded the #1(left) throttle lever to idle. As the aircraft became airborne, the left wing contacted the runway surface some 2800 feet from the threshold. Subsequently, the aircraft continued to the left, veering onto a grassy area, and eventually coming to rest at a point south of taxiway "E".

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The first officer's improper use of the rudder when given a simulated engine failure on takeoff and the pilot-in-command's delayed remedial action which resulted in a loss of control. A factor was the first officer's lack of experience in the regional jet airplane"

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