Thread: US NTSB Releases 1-2 Go Phuket Crash Report

Far more detailed than the Thai version- assigns blame at pilots Failure to throttle engines up for go around


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Project Information (as of Nov 19, 2009 08:48) Project ID(mkey) Investigation Type Mode 66687 Accident Aviation NTSB Accident ID Occurrence Date Location DCA07RA063 Sep 16, 2007 Phuket, , Thailand




Docket Information Docket ID Creation Date Last Modified Public Release Date & Time 45751 Jun 18, 2008 Oct 19, 2009 10/19/2009 13:32
List of Contents
File ID Filing Date Document Title Pages Photo 427510 Sep 30, 2009NTSB Report 67 395459 Jun 18, 2008Airport Diagram 1 395460 Jun 18, 2008Transcript of Radio Communications 3 395464 Jun 18, 2008Witness Statement 15 395466 Jun 18, 2008Weather Reports and Records 2 427054 Sep 22, 2009Airport Image 1 427059 Sep 22, 2009Excerpts from Standard Operating Procedures 3 427062 Sep 22, 2009Jeppesen ILS 27 Approach Chart and Airport Diagram 2 427063 Sep 22, 2009Previous Flight Crew Statement and Flight Paperwork 10 427065 Sep 22, 2009Accident Flight Weight and Balance Paperwork 1 427071 Sep 22, 2009Maintenance Records 15 427072 Sep 22, 2009Throttle Photo (MD-82 Stock Photo) -- 427073 Sep 22, 2009Accident Aircraft Throttle Photo -- 427276 Sep 25, 2009Animation - Chase View -- 427594 Oct 01, 2009Photo 1 - Aircraft from left side (Boeing photo) 1 427595 Oct 01, 2009Photo 2 - Aircraft Tail Section During Recovery (Boeing photo) 1 427596 Oct 01, 2009Photo 3 - Number 1 Engine (Pratt & Whitney Photo) 1 427598 Oct 01, 2009Photo 4 - Number 2 Engine (Pratt & Whitney Photo) 1 427873 Oct 07, 2009Flight Data Recorder - Tabular Data (Last 5 minutes) --
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The parent company still flies one flight every day; a ratty old 747 that goes to Hong Kong and back. No thanks, I flew on a brand new A320 with Air Asia and felt a whole lot safer.

Had loads of hassle with AirAsia admin, but must say every trip has been ploplem free.

Christy - thanks for posting the link to the crash report.

To save others from reading through the complete report, (which I've just done), the very general conclusion is that the accident was due to pilot error.

The pilot/co-pilot started to execute a go-around procedure, but omitted to activate the TO/GA switch, which is a neccessary requirement in order to obtain the neccessary throttle power for the go-around. Therefore, the plane lost altitude and hit the deck.

(My technical knowledge of aircraft is limited to operating the toilet paper dispensers, so please forgive me if my interpretation is not totally correct).

The report also highlights the fact that the copilot who was flying the plane tried to hand over control to the pilot in the middle of the aborted landing - perhaps he couldn't figure out why the throttle up wasn't working?

The crash report also states that based upon evidence provided from 'others', there is a very strong suspicion of falsified internal documents concerning pilot proficiency checks.

An important comment was that due to the layout of the drainage ditches at Phuket Airport, it was impossible for firecrew and rescuers to reach the crash site. It seems when the drainage gullies were constructed at the airport, no-one thought to bridge them over so that fire-crew could access the airport land on the far side of the gullies.

Oh - and the wind-shear system at Phuket Airport was fcuked

Oh - and according to other reliable reports, the fire-crew didn't actually have any foam in their rescue vehicles cos they used it all up the day before on a practice drill.

Oh - and according to international airport design requrements, the earth bank that the plane hit should not even have been there, because it lies too close to the runway.

Apart from that, it was an accident

Simon

Originally Posted by BobR

The parent company still flies one flight every day

I think 1-2-Go has started up again on the BKK-Phuket Route.