Tailstrike Serious incident British Aerospace BAe-146-300 D-AWBA, Thursday 30 December 2004
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Date:Thursday 30 December 2004
Time:13:35 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic B463 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
British Aerospace BAe-146-300
Owner/operator:Discovery Aviation, lsf WDL Aviation
Registration: D-AWBA
MSN: E3134
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Minor
Category:Serious incident
Location:Uherské Hradište-Kunovice Airport (UHE/LKKU) -   Czechia
Phase: Take off
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Uherské Hradište-Kunovice Airport (UHE/LKKU)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: UZPLN
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
As the BAe 146-300 registration mark D–AWBE took off, the tower executive controller (TEC) LKKU spotted a smoky cloud behind the airplane. TEC thought that the tail might have brushed the RWY concrete surface and informed the plane crew about his suspicion. CPT decided to return to the airport of departure. After landing the tail part of the fuselage was found damaged.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: UZPLN
Report number: 554/04/ZZ
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 5 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://uzpln.cz/pdf/incident_euNy8tLV.pdf

https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/397925 (Photo)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Sep-2024 14:45 ASN Added
24-Sep-2024 16:53 ASN Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Source, ]
24-Sep-2024 16:54 ASN Updated [Location, ]
10-Apr-2025 18:54 Justanormalperson Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ]
10-Apr-2025 18:55 ASN Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ]

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