AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT 1/92 Air Accidents Investigation Branch Department of Transport Report on the accident to BAC One-Eleven, G-BJRT over Didcot, Oxfordshire on 10 June 1990 This investigation was carried

out in accordance with The Civil Aviation (Investigation of Air Accidents) Regulations 1989 London: HMSO © Crown copyright 1992 Applications for reproduction should be made to HMSO. First published 1992. ISBN 0 11 551099 0 1/90 2/90 3/90 4/90 5/90 1/91 2/91 3/91 1/92 LIST OF RECENT AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORTS ISSUED BY AIR ACCIDENTS INVESTIGATION BRANCH Sikorsky S-61N G-BDES in the North Sea, 90 nm north-east of Aberdeen on 10 November 1988 Boeing 747 N739PA at Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland on 21 December 1988 Sikorsky S-61N G-BEID 29 nm north-east of Sumburgh Shetland Isles on 13 July 1988 Boeing 737 G-OBME near Kegworth, Leicestershire on 8 January 1989 Bell 206 B Jetranger, G-SHBB 2 miles east-south-east of Biggin Hill Aerodrome, Kent on 18 December 1989 British Aerospace ATP, G-OATP at Ronaldsway Airport Isle of Man on 23 December 1990 Sikorsky S-61N G-BEWL at Brent Spar, East Shetland Basin on 25 July 1990 Lockheed L1011-500, C-GAGI 1 nm south-east of Manchester, Cheshire on 11 December 1990 BAC One-Eleven, G-BJRT over Didcot, Oxfordshire on 10 June 1990 (iii) May 1990 September 1990 September 1990 October 1990 February 1991 August 1991 October 1991 These Reports are available from HMSO Bookshops and Accredited Agents December 1991 April 1992 Department of Transport Air Accidents Investigation Branch Royal Aerospace Establishment Farnborough Hants GU14 6TD February 1992 The Right Honourable Malcolm Rifkind Secretary of State for Transport Sir, I have the honour to submit the report by Mr D F King, an Inspector of Air Accidents, on the circumstances of the accident to British Airways BAC One-Eleven, G-BJRT, that occurred over Didcot, Oxfordshire on 10 June 1990. I have the honour to be Sir Your obedient servant K P R Smart Chief Inspector of Air Accidents 3 Contents 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 3 3(a) 3(b) 4 GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS SYNOPSIS. FACTUAL INFORMATION History of the flight Injuries to persons Damage to aircraft Other damage Personnel information Aircraft information . Meteorological information Aids to navigation Communications Aerodrome information Flight recorders Wreckage and impact information Medical and pathological information Fire . Survival aspects Tests and research Additional information New investigation techniques ANALYSIS. . General. Engineering Factors ATC Emergency Procedures CONCLUSIONS. Findings Causal Factors SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS (vi) Page (viii) 1 3 3 4 45 4 5 5 6 7 7 11 11 12 13 13 13 14 16 38 39 39 40 50 52 52 54 55/nSubje Aircr ● I also require one short written brie (one per group), a precis of what you think of the accident investigators final report - no more than 3 pages (agree and state why or disagree and argue why) Comm