ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170633
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| Date: | 14-OCT-2014 |
| Time: | 12:42 LT |
| Type: |  ATR 42-600 |
| Owner/operator: | LIAT |
| Registration: | V2-LIK |
| C/n / msn: | 1012 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 26 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport (FDF/TFFF) -
 Martinique
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Saint Lucia-Hewanorra Airport (UVF/TLPL) |
| Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport (FDF/TFFF) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
The crew landed before the displaced threshold of runway 10 which was under construction. The aircraft struck the signs marking the entrance to this runway.
Causes of the serious incident
Insufficient preparation of the flight by the crew and the lack of warning by the operations office contributed to a lack of awareness of the temporary provisions relating to work on the runway and entered in the flight dossier. During the flight, although the presence of the work was reported to the crew on several occasions, only the ATIS formally indicated the presence of a displaced threshold. However, the position of the latter or the particularities of the approach (APAPI, blue marking) were not indicated to the crew during the approach. In these conditions, a landing beyond the temporary displaced threshold was based solely on its visual detection by the crew.
However, the arrangement of the three white runway closure crosses on the first 600 metres of runway, combined with the presence of the usual and definitive markings that are particularly visible on the newly renovated section of runway, led the pilots to define an end point located immediately after the last cross but before the temporary displaced threshold, in the area still under construction.
The controller's detection of the deviation in the vertical trajectory of the aircraft from the temporary procedure was too late to allow a go-around and avoid the serious incident.
Sources:
http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/2014/2014.semaine.42.pdf
Accident investigation:
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Images:
Source: BEA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2014 18:49 | harro | Added |
| 24-Sep-2020 18:40 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Photo, Accident report, ] |
| 24-Sep-2020 18:40 | harro | Updated [Time, Accident report, ] |
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