Final Report B738 (CN-RGJ) London Gatwick UK, 28 Feb 2020

Final Report B738 (CN-RGJ) London Gatwick UK, 28 Feb 2020

Publication info
Author
UK AAIB
Category
Controlled Flight Into Terrain Human Factors Runway Excursion
Date of publication
10/09/2020

On 28 February 2020, a Boeing 737-800 taking off from the full length of the London Gatwick main runway, which is in excess of 3000 metres long, was observed to get airborne only 120 metres before the end of the paved surface. The Investigation found that the crew response when the automatic V1 and VR calls did not occur was unduly delayed with rotation only occurring at a much higher than normal speed. No system fault was subsequently found and it was concluded that the crew had most likely omitted to input these speeds to the FMC after calculation.

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