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Most important causal factors for landing overruns

Landing overruns

Factor

Percentage

Wet/Contaminated runway

58.8%

Long landing

38.9%

Speed too high

19.9%

Incorrect decision to land

16.3%

Aquaplaning

13.8%

Tailwind

13.6%

Late/incorrect use of brakes

11.3%

Late/incorrect use of reverse thrust

11.1%

More than one factor can be assigned to a single occurrence.

Most important causal factors for landing veeroffs

Landing veeroffs

Factor

Percentage

Wet/Contaminated runway

36.9%

Crosswind

26.2%

Aircraft directional control not maintained

13.9%

Hard landing

12.1%

Nose wheel steering issues

10.1%

Tire failure

6.4%

Landing gear collapsed

6.2%

More than one factor can be assigned to a single occurrence.

Most important causal factors for takeoff overruns

Takeoff overruns

Factor

Percentage

Abort/reject - After V1

40.8%

Wet/Contaminated runway

14.2%

Tire failure

12.5%

Takeoff mass too high/incorrect

10.8%

Late/incorrect use of brakes

4.2%

More than one factor can be assigned to a single occurrence.

Most important causal factors for takeoff veeroffs

Takeoff veeroffs

Factor

Percentage

Wet/Contaminated runway

41.3%

Aircraft directional control not maintained

33.9%

Crosswind

18.3%

Nose wheel steering issues

17.4%

Asymmetric power

9.2%

More than one factor can be assigned to a single occurrence.

 



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