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| Date: | Thursday 15 January 2009 |
| Time: | 10:08 |
| Type: |  Fokker 50 |
| Owner/operator: | VLM Airlines |
| Registration: | OO-VLF |
| MSN: | 20208 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Engine model: | P&W Canada PW125B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 22 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | North Ronaldsway Airport (NRL/EGEN) -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | London City Airport (LCY/EGLC) |
| North Ronaldsay Airport (NRL/EGEN) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While landing in Ronaldsway the crew had to deal with heavy crosswind. They would counteract this with the rudder. As the aircraft landed it bounced, as it landed a second time the captain applied full right rudder in order to counteract the aircraft from veering toward the left. This though was executed on the idea that the captain had selected ground idle when in fact he had selected full reverse. This in turn caused the aircraft to continue veering toward the left. The aircraft eventually came to rest with the gear stuck in the mud. All passengers and crew disembarked safely and nobody suffered injuries.
Probable Cause:
The captain’s failure to properly select idle caused the aircraft to continue veering off the runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422eedced915d1371000219/Fokker_F50__OO-VLF_04-10.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 November 1999 | EI-FKE | Aer Lingus Commuter | 0 | Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) | |
min |
| 21 April 2016 | OO-VLF | VLM | 0 | 10 NM north-east of Friedrichshafen airport (EDNY) |  |
non |
| Near miss | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2024 05:51 | Justanormalperson | Added |
| 20-Sep-2024 05:51 | ASN | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Accident report, ] |
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