ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22238
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 August 2008 |
| Time: | 16:55 |
| Type: |  Panavia Tornado GR1A |
| Owner/operator: | 13 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ZA371 |
| MSN: | BS053 |
| Engine model: | Two Rolls-Royce RB 199 Mk 103 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Newcastle International Airport, Woolsington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk (KNF/EGYM) |
| RAF Marham, Norfolk | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 05-08-2008 a RAF Tornado GR.1A of 13 Squadron diverted to Newcastle Airport following a bird strike. During landing, an electrical connection in the right engine reverse thrust control system became intermittent, producing random oscillations of the engine’s reverse thrust buckets. The fault was such that it was not clearly indicated to the crew until the aircraft had travelled a considerable distance along the runway and the pilot did not take the appropriate action of retarding the right power lever. With full dry power selected on both engines throughout the landing roll, there was thus a considerable forward component of thrust, and the pilot was unable to stop the aircraft before it overran the runway end.
The accident was the subject of a full investigation by a Royal Air Force Board of Inquiry (RAF BoI), assisted by the AAIB under the terms of a standing agreement. Additionally, as the accident occurred at a civilian airport, the Chief Inspector of Air Accidents ordered an AAIB Field Investigation under the provisions of the Civil Aviation (Investigation of Military Air Accidents at Civil Aerodromes) Regulations 2005. (Hence the AAIB report - see link #1 below)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422eb7f40f0b6134200007f/Tornado_GR4A__ZA_371_06-09.pdf
2. https://www.copybook.com/news/raf-tornados-newcastle-airport-runway-overshoot
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/7543846.stm
4. http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-airport-chaos-raf-jet-4499218
5. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1041930/RAF-Tornado-jet-comes-runway-Newcastle-airport.html
6. https://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/338027-newcastle-airport-closed.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_Airport#Accidents_and_incidents
8. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/2506230/RAF-Tornado-overshoots-runway-in-emergency-landing.html
9. http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/3572801.RAF_Tornado_comes_off_the_runway_at_Newcastle_Airport/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2008 14:38 | JINX | Added |
| 07-Aug-2008 03:20 | Anon. | Updated |
| 20-Oct-2008 10:51 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 04-Jul-2011 11:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2012 02:52 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2012 14:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2013 07:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Jan-2014 20:30 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Embed code] |
| 26-Oct-2016 16:13 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Oct-2016 16:40 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Oct-2016 16:49 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 14-Nov-2018 15:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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