Final Report SH36 vicinity Sint Maarten East Caribbean, 29 Oct 2014

Final Report SH36 vicinity Sint Maarten East Caribbean, 29 Oct 2014

Publication info
Author
CAA (Sint Maarten)
Category
Controlled Flight Into Terrain Human Factors
Date of publication
23/09/2016

On 29 October 2014, a Shorts SD 3-60 ceased its climb out soon after take-off and was subsequently found to have descended into the sea at increasing speed with the impact destroying the aircraft. The Investigation found that the aircraft had been airworthy prior to the crash and, noting a dark night departure and a significant authority gradient on the fight deck, concluded that the pilot flying had probably experienced a somatogravic illusion as the aircraft accelerated during flap retraction and made a required left turn. The extent of any intervention by the other pilot could not be determined.

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