News / Plane left Sumburgh runway after pilot error
A PLANE left the runway at Sumburgh Airport earlier this year because of a pilot error, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has ruled.
The plane, which was being operated by 328 Support Services, was on a training exercise designed to demonstrate that the plane could land in higher winds and there were no passengers on board.
In a report into the incident released on Thursday, the AAIB said the flying pilot “inadvertently relaxed the left aileron input causing the right wing and main landing gear to lift off the ground”.
The report said that as the plane landed it began to drift to the right side of the runway, causing the pilot to apply the left brake – but in doing so, the left wing flap was relaxed.
“Subsequently, there was insufficient directional control in the strong crosswind conditions to prevent the aircraft from leaving the runway,” it said.
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