| Date: | Thursday 9 December 1993 |
| Time: | 07:53 |
| Type: | Saab 340B |
| Owner/operator: | Crossair |
| Registration: | HB-AKC |
| MSN: | 340B-215 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Engine model: | GE CT7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Berne-Belp Airport (BRN) -
Switzerland
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg EuroAirport (BSL/LFSB) |
| Destination airport: | Berne-Belp Airport (BRN/LSZB) |
| Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
| Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Crossair flight 922 started in Basel with destination Bern, Switzerland. While landing, the aircraft swerved off the runway. The propeller, undercarriage, flaps and the fuselage were damaged. There were no injuries.
Causes
The accident was due to:
- An unstabilized flare during landing caused by a gust of wind;
- Indecisiveness of the PIC to postpone landing;
- The indecisive and inadequate behavior of the PIC when decelerating the aircraft after touchdown in cross winds.
Accident investigation:
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| Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
| Report number: | Nr. 1579 |
| Status: | Investigation completed |
| Duration: | 1 year and 3 months |
| Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 May 1996 |
HB-AKL |
Crossair |
0 |
12 km north of Sigmaringen |
 |
non |
| Near miss |
| 21 January 2016 |
SE-LJS* |
NextJet |
0 |
near Lycksele (LYC) |
 |
min |
| Engine failure |
Location
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