ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 191133
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| Date: | 05-OCT-2005 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  ATR 72-500 (72-212A) |
| Owner/operator: | Mount Cook Airline |
| Registration: | ZK-MCJ |
| MSN: | 624 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 51 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Queenstown Airport, Otago -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Queenstown Aerodrome | |
| Investigating agency: | TAIC New Zealand |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On Wednesday 5 October 2005, at 1441, ZK-MCJ, an Aerospatiale Alenia ATR 72-212A, landed at Queenstown Aerodrome, where it inadvertently left the runway. On board were 47 passengers and 2 cabin crew, and 2 pilots and a maintenance engineer on the flight deck. There were no injuries, and no damage to the aeroplane.
Shortly after the captain had landed the aeroplane it was struck by a strong gust, which weathercocked the aeroplane forcefully towards the runway edge. The gust probably exceeded the aeroplane crosswind limit and prevented the captain correcting the weathercock. Consequently, the aeroplane went onto the grass area beside the runway, where it paralleled the runway for about 630 metres before re-entering the runway.
A contributing factor was the reduced effectiveness of the nose wheel steering, because the first officer had not moved the control column far enough forward to ensure there was sufficient weight on the nose wheels.
Sources:
https://taic.org.nz/inquiries?SkinSrc=[G]skins%2ftaicAviation%2fskin_aviation
Accident investigation:
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Safety recommendations:
Safety recommendation 001/06 issued 23 February 2006 by TAIC to Mount Cook Airline
Safety recommendation 002/06 issued 23 February 2006 by TAIC to Mount Cook Airline
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Nov-2016 20:22 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jan-2022 15:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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