Final Report SF34 (VH-OLM) Moruya NSW Australia 9 Jan 2015

Final Report SF34 (VH-OLM) Moruya NSW Australia 9 Jan 2015

Publication info
Author
ATSB (Australia)
Category
Wildlife Strike Airworthiness Human Factors
Date of publication
14/12/2017

On 9 January 2015, a Saab 340B encountered a flock of medium-sized birds soon after decelerating through 80 knots during its landing roll at Moruya. A subsequent flight crew inspection in accordance with the prevailing operator procedures concluded that the aircraft could continue in service but after completion of the next flight, a propeller blade tip was found to be missing. The Investigation concluded that the blade failure was a result of the earlier bird impact and found that airline procedures allowing pilots to determine continued airworthiness after a significant birdstrike had unknowingly been invalid.

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