Luxair accident:Fokker 27 Mk050 LX-LGB 06Nov2002, 9h05min

SN30952 · Post by **SN30952** » 25 Nov 2003, 20:22

Read the accident REPORT HERE and ANNEXES
The Fokker 27 Mk050 registered LX-LGB and operated by Luxair leaves Berlin on 06 November 2002 at 7 h 40 on flight LG 9642/LH 2420 with destination Luxembourg.
Cruising level is at FL 180. At 8 h 50, Frankfurt Control asks the crew to stop descent at FL90 and at 8 h 52 the flight is transferred to Luxembourg Approach.
At 9 h 00, the aircraft descends through FL 75 and after radar vectoring to the runway centreline, continues its descent to three thousand feet. At this time the aircraft flies in the clear above a fog layer. RVR is two hundred seventy five meters. The crew evokes a go-around if the RVR is not three hundred meters whilst passing ELU (its minima for a category II approach are three hundred meters).
At 9 h 04 min 57 s, the ATC controller transmits an RVR of three hundred meters. Power levers are brought to the idle position, flaps 10 are selected and the landing gear is lowered.
Immediately after the landing gear is lowered, the pitch angle of the two propellers simultaneously reaches a value that is lower than the minimum values for flight. This propeller pitch setting brings a rapid decrease of speed and altitude.
During the following seconds, the left engine stops, then the right engine stops. The flight data recorders, no longer powered, cease functioning.
At 9 h 05 min 42 s (radar time base), the aircraft disappears from the radar screen.
It is immediately found in a field seven hundred meters to the north of runway centreline 24 and three point five kilometres to the east of the threshold.

TWA · Post by **TWA** » 25 Nov 2003, 21:33

Why do they call this plane a Fokker 27 Mk050 iso the Fokker 50 ?

TWA

Snoopy · Post by **Snoopy** » 25 Nov 2003, 22:32

It's the "official" name of the Foker 50 .....

Another example : The "real" name of the Avro RJ85 is Avro 146-RJ85 ...

TWA · Post by **TWA** » 26 Nov 2003, 00:13

Thx for clearing that up snoopy.
I'm learning more&more every single day
TWA

Post by **sn26567** » 26 Nov 2003, 10:36

Here is a picture of the accidented aircraft, provided by Luxair:

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 26 Nov 2003, 10:44

That is a nice photo!! The Fokker 50 always looked a classier aircraft than the F27, though it's major fault was smaller windows, whereas the F27 had larger windows which were better for viewing and photography.

This was also the first fatal crash in Luxair's operating history.

TWA · Post by **TWA** » 26 Nov 2003, 15:01

The boeingshape windows do not only make the F50 look classier but also a lot bigger than the Friendship with its oval shape windows.
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TWA