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Jets
Approach Procedure Faulted
Boeing 727-200. Minor damage. No injuries.
The flight crew’s use of a “pilot-flown approach” rather than a “pilot-monitored approach” at night and in heavy rain likely contributed to a higher-than-necessary approach speed, a late touchdown on a runway contaminated with standing water and the 727’s overrun into deep mud, said the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB).
The accident occurred about 0300 local time on March 24, 2010, during a scheduled cargo flight from Hamilton, Ontario, to Moncton, New Brunswick. None of the three flight crewmembers was hurt, and damage to the aircraft was minor.
Gusting winds and light rai…
