Final Report DH8B (OY-GRJ) Nuuk Greenland 30 May 2019

Final Report DH8B (OY-GRJ) Nuuk Greenland 30 May 2019

Publication info
Author
AIB (Denmark)
Category
Ground Operations Loss of Control
Date of publication
26/09/2019

On 30 May 2019, a DHC8-200 departing from Nuuk could not be rotated at the calculated speed even using full aft back pressure and the takeoff was rejected with the aircraft coming to a stop with 50 metres of the 950 metre long dry runway remaining. The initial Investigation focus was on a potential airworthiness cause associated with the flight control system but it was eventually found that the actual weights of both passengers and cabin baggage exceeded standard weight assumptions with the excess also resulting in the aircraft centre of gravity being outside the range certified for safe flight.

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