Air France Flight 072 (1993)

For the 1948 accident, see Air France Flight 072 (1948).

Air France Flight 072

F-GITA after the accident
Accident
Date	September 13, 1993 (1993-09-13)
Summary	Runway overshoot caused by pilot error and flight system malfunction
Site	Faa'a International Airport, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia 17°33′09″S 149°36′26″W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 747-428
Operator	Air France
Registration	F-GITA
Flight origin	Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France
Stopover	Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, United States
Destination	Faa'a International Airport, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Passengers	256
Crew	16
Fatalities	0
Injuries	4
Survivors	272 (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

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. 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.

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.

Accident

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.

Investigation

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.

Aftermath

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.

References

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External links

• Final report (PDF) by the Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety

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