You can edit almost every page by Creating an account. Otherwise, see the FAQ.

Air France Flight 072 (1993)

From EverybodyWiki Bios & Wiki

Air France Flight 072
F-GITA after the accident
Accident
DateSeptember 13, 1993 (1993-09-13)
SummaryRunway overshoot caused by pilot error and flight system malfunction
SiteFaa'a International Airport, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
17°33′09″S 149°36′26″W / 17.55250°S 149.60722°W / -17.55250; -149.60722Coordinates: 17°33′09″S 149°36′26″W / 17.55250°S 149.60722°W / -17.55250; -149.60722
⧼validator-fatal-error⧽


Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 747-428
OperatorAir France
RegistrationF-GITA
Flight originCharles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France
StopoverLos Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, United States
DestinationFaa'a International Airport, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Passengers256
Crew16
Fatalities0
Injuries4
Survivors272 (all)

Air France Flight 072 was a regularly scheduled international flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, to Faa'a International Airport in Papeete, the capital of French Polyneisa, with a stopover in Los Angeles, California. On 13 September 1993, while landing at Faa'a Airport, the Boeing 747-428 operating the route overran the runway and came to rest in a lagoon.

Aircraft and crew[edit]

F-GITA, the aircraft involved in the accident in 2009

The aircraft involved was a Boeing 747-428B (serial number 24969) registered as F-GITA. It was Air France's first Boeing 747-400 and was delivered to the airline on 28 February 1991.[1] The aircraft was powered by four CF6-80C2 B1F turbofan engines and logged a total of 9,901 flight hours (with 1,934 takeoff and landing cycles) at the time of the accident.[2]

The flight crew had previously flown for Union de Transports Aériens. The captain, aged 59, had 14,082 flight hours, including 4,329 hours on the Boeing 747. The first officer, aged 46, was also very experienced with 13,750 flight hours in total. However, the first officer was less experienced on the Boeing 747, having logged only 536 hours on it. Both pilots had flown together in the past and had previous experience in landing at Faa'a International Airport.[2]

Accident[edit]

The flight was uneventful until touchdown, at which point the power on engine no. 1 (outer left) began to increase. The flight crew activated the thrust reversers, but deactivated them shortly after due to the asymmetric thrust. The aircraft overshot the runway and came to rest in a lagoon.[2]

Investigation[edit]

The accident was caused by the flight crew's continuation of an unstable approach and a feature in the aircraft's automatic flight system that resulted in engine no. 1 going into takeoff/go around (TOGA) mode. Boeing and Air France had also failed to inform the pilots of this feature.[3]

Aftermath[edit]

F-GITA was repaired and returned to service with Air France, and was taken out of service in 2009. The aircraft was scrapped in 2011.[4]

References[edit]

  1. "Air France F-GITA (Boeing 747 - MSN 24969)". www.airfleets.fr. Airfleets aviation. Retrieved 2021-10-26. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "REPORT relating to the accident on September 13, 1993 at Tahiti Faaa airport to the Boeing 747-428 B registered F-GITA operated by Air France" [REPORT relating to the accident on September 13, 1993 at Tahiti Faaa airport to the Boeing 747-428 B registered F-GITA operated by Air France] (PDF) (in français). Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety. Retrieved 2021-10-26. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  3. Maillard, Xavier. "Les raisons de la sortie de piste du Boeing 747 d'Air France à l'aéroport de Tahiti-Faa'a en 1993" [The reasons for the Air France Boeing 747 runway excursion at Tahiti-Faa'a airport in 1993] Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist., Tahiti Pacifique Magazine, issue 164 (October 2004)
  4. "F-GITA Air France Boeing 747-400". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2021-10-26. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)


Other articles of the topic France : Costane
Some use of "" in your query was not closed by a matching "".Some use of "" in your query was not closed by a matching "".

External links[edit]

  • Final report (PDF) by the Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.


This article "Air France Flight 072 (1993)" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Air France Flight 072 (1993). Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.