B733, Birmingham UK, 2009

B733, Birmingham UK, 2009

Summary

On 6 February 2009, the crew of a Boeing 737-300 departing Birmingham successfully rejected take off from well above V1 when it became clear to the First Officer as handling pilot, that it was impossible to rotate. The Investigation found that cause of the rotation difficulty was that the crew had failed to set the stabiliser trim to the appropriate position for take off after delaying this action beyond the normal point in pre flight preparations because ground de icing was in progress and not subsequently noticing.

Description

On the morning of 6 February 2009, the crew of a Boeing 737-300 (G-OGBE) being operated by bmibaby on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Birmingham to Edinburgh had rejected take off from significantly above V1 when it was impossible to rotate the aircraft. The aircraft was brought to taxi speed on the runway and taxied back to the terminal without further event.

The Investigation

An Investigation into the occurrence was carried out by UK AAIB. FDR data were available. It was noted that the 39 year-old Captain had 5398 hours total flying experience which included 4300 hours on type.

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