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| Date: | Thursday 9 January 2020 |
| Time: | 07:23 LT |
| Type: |  Fokker 100 |
| Owner/operator: | QantasLink, opb Network Aviation |
| Registration: | VH-NHY |
| MSN: | 11467 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
| Engine model: | Rolls Royce Ltd TAY 650-15 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 93 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Newman Airport, WA (ZNE/YNWN) -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Perth Airport, WA (PER/YPPH) |
| Newman Airport, WA (ZNE/YNWN) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
QantasLink flight QF2650, a Fokker 100, suffered a runway excursion after landing on runway 05 at Newman Airport. There were no injuries to the passengers and crew.
Contributing factors
• The combination of the approach speed required by the prevailing wind conditions and the poor braking effectiveness in the wet conditions resulted in the aircraft overrunning the runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2020/aair/ao-2020-002/
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vh-nhy#23756ce2
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 September 2016 | VH-NHY | QantasLink, opb Network Aviation | 0 | Perth Airport, WA (PER/YPPH) | |
non |
Location
Media:
A Qantas flight has slid off a Pilbara runway, becoming bogged after a heavy downpour. The shock-landing shut-down Newman Airport, leaving fly-in fly-out-workers stranded. @R_H_Langdon #9News pic.twitter.com/HbkVc5rPXx
— Nine News Perth (@9NewsPerth) January 9, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jan-2020 12:24 | Kardz | Added |
| 09-Jan-2020 12:26 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, ] |
| 09-Jan-2020 20:03 | harro | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jun-2022 23:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
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