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| Title: | Aircraft incident at Turku airport, Finland on 30.12.1997 |
| Micro summary: | This Douglas DC-9-41 experienced a runway excursion. |
| Event Time: | 1997-12-30 at 0012 local |
| File Name: | 1997-12-30-FI.pdf |
| Publishing Agency: | Finland Accident Investigation Board (AIB) |
| Publishing Country: | Finland |
| Report number: | B 9/1997 L |
| Pages: | 45 |
| Site of event: | Turku airport |
| Departure: | Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Marsta, Sweden |
| Destination: | Turku Airport, Turku, Finland |
| Airplane Type(s): | Douglas DC-9-41 |
| Flight Phase: | Parked |
| Registration(s): | LN-RLT |
| Operator(s): | SAS |
| Type of flight: | Revenue |
| Occupants: | 31 |
| Fatalities: | 0 |
| Serious Injuries: | 0 |
| Minor/Non-Injured: | 31 |
| Other Injuries: | 0 |
| Executive Summary: | On Tuesday 30 December, 1997 at 00.12 local time (Finnish local time is used in this report) an aircraft incident took place at Turku airport where a Douglas DC-9-41 aircraft, registered LN-RLT, owned by Det Norske Luftfartselskap A/S and operated by Scandinavian Airlines System ran off the side of runway. The flight number was SK 720. There were 27 passengers and four crewmembers on board. Nobody was injured but the aircraft was slightly damaged. [...] Probable cause The probable cause of the incident was the captain’s wrong impression of the aircraft flight path during final approach and landing. The illusion was caused by incorrect use of landing lights and the snowfall which drifted snowflakes from left to right. Recognition of the impression was hampered by the missing runway centerline lights and the snow which covered the runway markings. Because of low experience of the monitoring pilot, a first officer in training, it was difficult for him to intervene in the progress of the events during final approach and landing. |
| Learning Keywords: | Operations - Pilot Experience - Pairing |
| Operations - Runway Excursion | |
| Operations - Unstabilized Approach |
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