Tornado GR4A, ZA 371, 5 August 2008

• From: Air Accidents Investigation Branch
• Published: 10 December 2014

• Category: Commercial - fixed wing
• Report type: Bulletin - Pre-1997 uncategorised monthly report
• Date of occurrence: 5 August 2008
• Aircraft type: Tornado GR4A
• Location: Newcastle Airport
• Registration: ZA 371

Tornado GR4A, ZA 371

Summary:

The aircraft 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.

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Published 10 December 2014