Final Report B739 (9M-LNJ) Kathmandu Nepal, 19 April 2018

Final Report B739 (9M-LNJ) Kathmandu Nepal, 19 April 2018

Publication info
Author
AAIB (Malaysia)
Category
Runway Excursion Airworthiness
Date of publication
03/06/2019

On 19 April 2018, a Boeing 737-900 made a high speed rejected takeoff at Kathmandu in response to a configuration warning and overran the runway without serious consequences. The Investigation found that when a false Takeoff Configuration Warning caused by an out of adjustment switch had been annunciated just after V1, the Captain had decided to reject the takeoff because of concerns about the local terrain and locally adverse weather. It was noted that the aircraft operator did not provide criteria for rejecting takeoff up to or above the 80 knot crosscheck but that the Boeing reference QRH did so.

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