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| Date: | Wednesday 23 November 1983 |
| Time: | 14:23 |
| Type: |  British Aerospace BAe-146-100 |
| Owner/operator: | Dan-Air London |
| Registration: | G-BKHT |
| MSN: | E1007 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 27 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Bern Airport (BRN/LSZB) -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bern Airport (BRN/LSZB) |
| London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Dan-Air London flight DA855 was scheduled to fly to London Gatwick from Bern, Switzerland. The flight was cleared for takeoff and began to roll down the runway. Upon Reaching V1 and then Rotate, the F/O declared,”Stop” and the crew began to slow down. The aircraft was unable to stop in time and overran the runway by 80m.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
BFU Switzerland
https://www.airhistory.net/photo/184045/G-BKHT (Photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1989 | G-BKHT | Dan-Air London | 0 | Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS/EHAM) |  |
sub |
| Gear collapse | ||||||
| 25 September 1998 | EC-GEO | Paukn Air | 38 | 15,3 km N of Melilla Airport (MLN) |  |
w/o |
| CFIT | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jul-2024 18:48 | ASN | Added |
| 21-Nov-2024 15:21 | Justanormalperson | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Nov-2024 15:22 | ASN | Updated |
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