ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace BAe-125-700B 5N-BEX Benin City Airport (BNI)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Sunday 10 July 2011
Time:11:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic H25B model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
British Aerospace BAe-125-700B
Operator:Associated Aviation
Registration: 5N-BEX
MSN: 257197
First flight: 1984
Total airframe hrs:12678
Cycles:10394
Engines: 2 Honeywell TFE731-3-1H
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Benin City Airport (BNI) (   Nigeria)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:Abuja-Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (ABV/DNAA), Nigeria
Destination airport:Benin City Airport (BNI/DNBE), Nigeria
Narrative:
The BAe-125 operated on a repositioning flight from Abuja to Benin City, Nigeria.
At 65 NM to Benin, the aircraft was cleared by Benin ATC to descend to FL120, subsequently to 3,500 ft, and afterwards to 2,200 ft; to commence a straight in approach to runway 23 as requested by the crew, and to report runway in sight.
The current weather report in Benin was also passed to the crew, which showed a deterioration of the weather since departure from Abuja.
The crew executed two missed approaches on runway 23 and requested to shoot an approach on runway 05. Benin ATC advised the crew of the unserviceability of the approach lights on runway 05, which the crew acknowledged.
Two landing attempts were made on runway 05. On the second attempt, the aircraft touched down past the mid-point of the wet runway, overran the runway and came to a stop on the marshy grass verge at about 450 ft beyond the end of runway 05. The engines were shut down and the three persons on board disembarked without injuries, through the passenger exit door.
The aircraft was slightly damaged.

Probable Cause:

Causal factor:
The final approach was not stable; the aircraft crossed the threshold at 395 ft AGL with airspeed of 212 k t while the Vref for landing was 122 kt.
Contributory factor
1. The aircraft touched down beyond the runway midpoint into the wet runway.
2. The decision to continue the approach despite marginal weather at destination.
3. The approved company’s Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) was inadequate.
4. The Crew Resource Management (CRM) in the flight deck was poor which resulted in non-standard call-outs by the pilot monitoring (PM).

Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: AIB Nigeria
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 10 years
Accident number: ASSOC/2011/07/10/F
Download report: Final report

Classification:
Landing after unstabilized approach
Runway excursion (overrun)

Sources:
» This Day 11-7-2011


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accident date: 10-07-2011
type: British Aerospace BAe-125-700B
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accident date: 10-07-2011
type: British Aerospace BAe-125-700B
registration: 5N-BEX
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accident date: 10-07-2011
type: British Aerospace BAe-125-700B
registration: 5N-BEX
photo of British-Aerospace-BAe-125-700B-5N-BEX
accident date: 10-07-2011
type: British Aerospace BAe-125-700B
registration: 5N-BEX
 

Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Abuja-Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport to Benin City Airport as the crow flies is 349 km (218 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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