ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 316884
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| Date: | Thursday 6 July 2023 |
| Time: | 10:55 |
| Type: |  Saab 340B+ |
| Owner/operator: | Link Airways, opb Corporate Air |
| Registration: | VH-VED |
| MSN: | 340B-442 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Engine model: | General Electric Company CT7-9B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Shellharbour Airport, NSW (WOL) -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Brisbane International Airport, QLD (BNE/YBBN) |
| Shellharbour Airport, NSW (WOL/YSHL) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Link Airways flight FC251, a Saab 340B+ and a Piper PA-28-181 (VH-SFA) were involved in a runway incursion incident at Shellharbour Airport New South Wales.
As the crew of the Saab 340 were backtracking on the runway after landing, they detected the PA-28 taking off towards them and took avoiding action.
Contributing factors:
• The PA-28 pilot did not hear the backtracking broadcast from the Saab, reducing their awareness of the conflict on the runway.
• Although the PA-28 pilot observed the Saab commence a turn at the end of its landing roll on the runway, the pilot incorrectly assessed the aircraft had vacated the runway prior to
commencing their take-off.
• The PA-28 pilot continued the take-off from an occupied runway and departed overhead the Saab that was backtracking the runway.
Other factors that increased risk:
• The busy traffic environment at the time of the occurrence impacted the effectiveness of radio communication and increased both flight crews’ workload.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2023/report/ao-2023-032
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vh-ved#3102d3f1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 November 2003 | N442XJ | Mesaba Airlines | 0 | Minneapolis, Minnesota |  |
sub |
| 23 April 2019 | N442XJ | Silver Airways | 0 | Orlando International Airport (KMCO), Orlando, FL | |
non |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
| 27 November 2023 | VH-VED | Link Airways | 0 | near Dubbo Airport, NSW (DBO/YSDU) | |
non |
| Near miss with other aircraft | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jul-2023 12:18 | harro | Added |
| 13-Jul-2023 12:21 | harro | Updated |
| 22-Apr-2024 12:13 | ASN | Updated [Total occupants, Narrative, Accident report] |
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