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Old 29th Nov 2011, 17:38
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Final Report

Here is the final report (in Dutch):

Noodlanding na vogelaanvaring, Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, 6 juni 2010 - De Onderzoeksraad voor veiligheid

English version will be published later this year.

In a nutshell:

A goose caused the left engine failure during the takeoff on rwy 18L. The pilots did not follow the standard operating procedure following the engine failure at high speed (above V1). The Capt. made a right turn at 280 ft at a bank angle of 37.5 degr. Normal procedure is to continue straight ahead. Also no turns should be made below 400 ft. The crew also lowered the gear again. The crew thought that both engines had failed and anticipated an emergency landing. However, the right engine was working just fine. The aircraft was heavily vibrating which made it difficult to read the instruments. The aircraft climbed and descended several times as the crew lowered and increased the thrust on the right engine. GPWS gave warnings several times. The left engine was still running at low rpm and was shut down some 5 min. after the engine failure. The crew did not use any emergency check list. Flaps remained at the same (incorrect) takeoff setting. ATC tried to get the aircraft to 18R. The aircraft flew at low altitude with constructions and buildings around it at the same altitude. The report states that the crew took unnecessary risks with their decision not to follow SOPs. N-1 Climb performance was degraded because of the lowering of the thrust on the right engine, use of flaps and lowering of the gear.

The report also discusses the problem of geese at Schiphol in length. It also mentions crew task saturation, poor CRM and training as factors.



Read the full report to get every detail that I didn’t cover here.

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