B744, Maastricht-Aachen Netherlands, 2017

B744, Maastricht-Aachen Netherlands, 2017

Summary

On 11 November 2017, a type-experienced Boeing 747-400ERF crew making a night rolling takeoff at Maastricht-Aachen lost aircraft directional control after an outer engine suddenly failed at low speed and a veer-off onto soft ground adjacent to the runway followed. The Investigation found that rather than immediately reject the takeoff when the engine failed, the crew had attempted to maintain directional control without thrust reduction to the point where an excursion became unavoidable. The effect of  startle , the Captain s use of a noise cancelling headset and poor alerting to the engine failure by the First Officer were considered contributory.

Description

On 11 November 2017, a GE CF6-80C2B5F-engined Boeing 747-400ERF (TC-ACR) being operated by MyCargo Airlines on an international cargo flight from Maastricht to Jeddah for Saudia Cargo as SV916 left the side of the runway at Maastricht at low speed after a number 4 engine failure during its night normal visibility takeoff and ended up stopped in wet ground adjacent to the runway having sustained significant damage.

The aircraft in its final stopping position the following day. [Reproduced from the Official Report]

Investigation

An Investigation was carried out by the Dutch Safety Board with relevant data successfully downloaded from the removed aircraft SSFDR and SSCVR.

It was noted that the 63 year-old Captain, who was PF for the flight, had a total of 18,550 flying hours experience of which 3,030 hours was on type and that the 42 year-old First Officer had a total of 4,462 flying hours experience of which 2,042 hours were on type. Both pilots were Turkish nationals. Two other crew members were the only other occupants, a ground engineer occupying a supernumerary crew seat on the flight deck and a loadmaster seated in the forward cabin.

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