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| Date: | Monday 26 June 1989 |
| Time: | 09:05 LT |
| Type: |  British Aerospace BAe 146-100 |
| Owner/operator: | Dan-Air London |
| Registration: | G-BKHT |
| MSN: | E1007 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 88 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS/EHAM) -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS/EHAM) |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was standing beside the air jetty, with all passengers and baggage loaded and doors
closed. There was a tug positioned in front of the nose of the aircraft and the commander, wishing to
ensure that everything was ready for the planned push-back at 0915 hrs, attempted to contact the
ground engineer on the intercommunication system provided for that purpose. This was unsuccessful,
but the engineer then appeared at the side of the aircraft wearing his headset, which was not plugged into the aircraft.
The commander attracted the engineer's attention by sounding the ground-call horn and indicated to
him, by pointing at his own microphone, that he wished to speak to him. The engineer then walked
back towards the nose of the aircraft and disappeared from the commander's sight. Assuming that the
engineer had gone to plug in his headset, the commander again tried to speak to him on the intercom, but there was no reply. There was then a slight bump, typical of a tug being coupled to the aircraft, followed a few seconds later by several violent pushes from the tug, culminating in a loud bang from underneath the cockpit, the illumination of the nose gear unsafe light and the sounding of the associated warning horn. The nose of the aircraft then settled to the ground such that the under side of the fuselage was resting on the two nose wheels.
When the nose of the aircraft had been supported on an airbag and was stable, the passengers
disembarked from the rear door without event.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f0e2e5274a131400032b/BAe_146-100__G-BKHT_08-89.pdf
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/7915798 (Photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 November 1983 | G-BKHT | Dan-Air London | 0 | Bern Airport (BRN/LSZB) |  |
non |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 24-May-2025 20:01 | Justanormalperson | Added |
| 24-May-2025 20:01 | Justanormalperson | Updated [Accident report, ] |
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