Accident: Sky Express AT42, Jul 12th 2019, runway excursion on backtrack and roll back
| A Sky Express Avions de Transport Regional ATR-42-500, registration SX-FOR performing flight GQ-405 from Naxos to Athens (Greece) with 46 passengers and 3 crew, was backtracking runway 36 for departure at about 17:20L (14:20Z) when the aircraft went off the paved surface of the runway and came to a stop with the main gear in a ditch, the tail on the ground, the lower fuselage below propellers on the runway edge and the nose gear on the runway surface. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained substantial damage. Passengers on previous flights reported it was common to backtrack the runway, line up for departure and then roll back using back power (propellers in beta) to get as much runway available for takeoff as possible. Naxos’ runway 18/36 is officially 900 meters/2950 feet long. The Hellenic AIP reports TODA, TORA, ASDA and LDA all at 900 meters. Metars: LGNX 121550Z 35007KT CAVOK 26/16 Q1011= LGNX 121450Z 36011KT CAVOK 27/15 Q1011= LGNX 121350Z 35011G21KT CAVOK 27/14 Q1011= LGNX 121250Z 35010G20KT CAVOK 27/14 Q1011= LGNX 120950Z 01012KT CAVOK 26/16 Q1011= LGNX 120850Z 01011KT 9999 FEW025 25/15 Q1011= http://avherald.com/ |
