SF34, Marsh Harbour Bahamas, 2013

SF34, Marsh Harbour Bahamas, 2013

Summary

On 13 June 2013, a rushed and unstable visual approach to Marsh Harbour by a Saab 340B was followed by a mishandled landing and a runway excursion. The Investigation concluded that the way the aircraft had been operated had been contrary to expectations in almost every respect. This had set the scene for the continuation of a visual approach to an attempted landing in circumstances where there had been multiple indications that there was no option but to break off the approach, including a total loss of forward visibility in very heavy rain as the runway neared.

Description

On 13 June 2013, a Saab 340B (C6-SBJ) on an IFR Flight Plan and being operated by SkyBahamas Airlines as SBM 9561 on a scheduled international passenger flight from Fort Lauderdale FL USA to Marsh Harbour Bahamas bounced several times as it tried to land on runway 09 at its destination after a daylight visual approach before departing the side of the runway just before its end and damaging one runway edge light before coming to a stop. The 24 occupants were uninjured and evacuated using the main passenger door. The aircraft sustained substantial damage and was declared a hull loss.

The aircraft in its final resting position. [Reproduced from the Official Report]

Investigation

An Investigation was carried out by the Bahamas Air Accident Investigation Department (AAID). The FDR and 2 hour CVR were recovered and downloaded. The recording of some relevant flight control positions on the FDR was found to have been erroneous with the possible source of the problem being “issues with the associated position sensors on the aircraft” rather than the FDR itself. All the useful CVR data could be successfully read.

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