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| Date: | Sunday 2 December 2001 |
| Time: | 18:23 LT |
| Type: |  Fairchild SA227-DC Metro 23 |
| Owner/operator: | Flugfélag Íslands |
| Registration: | TF-JME |
| MSN: | DC-880B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Hofn Hornafjördur Airport (HFN/BIHN) -
 Iceland
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Reykjavík Domestic Airport (RKV/BIRK) |
| Hofn Hornafjördur Airport (HFN/BIHN) | |
| Investigating agency: | RNF |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The incident was reported to the Air Accidents Investigation Board by the pilot-in-command of the aircraft at 18:23 and also by the regional director of the Civil Aviation Authority for East Iceland at 18:25 on 2 December 2001.
The incident occurred when the aircraft TF-JME, which was on a scheduled flight from Reykjavík to Hornafjörður, skidded off the runway after landing north on runway 36 at Hornafjörður Airport. There was a snowdrift on the runway and low snowdrifts at the runway edge but considerably higher outside the light line in the safety area. The aircraft turned 119° to the right as it skidded through the snowdrift at the eastern runway edge and came to rest in the safety area east of the runway.
The passengers and crew were not injured, but the aircraft's propellers were damaged and one runway light was broken. The investigation concluded that the aircraft landed inland and on the right side of the runway in a snowdrift and its wheels began to skid when it touched the runway, which affected directional control during the landing run. A slush had just passed over the airport when the aircraft approached Hornafjörður and another slush bank was entering the airport when the aircraft landed. After the incident, an airport inspector estimated that there was about 4-5 mm of slush on the runway, which had settled over sand that had been carried onto the runway. When the aircraft landed, the condition of the runway surface was worse than stated in the weather report and in the condition description from the airport guard to the pilots via radio. The available runway was shorter than the calculated required landing distance based on the aircraft manufacturer's instructions for these conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.rnsa.is/media/1485/m-10101_aig-23_flugatvik_tf-jme_a_hornafirdi_lokaskyrsla.pdf
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Apr-2025 12:53 | Justanormalperson | Added |
| 18-Apr-2025 12:55 | ASN | Updated [Location, Category, Accident report, ] |
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