As with most aircraft accidents, there were several “ifs” that might seem relatively benign when taken separately but together conspired to inflict substantial damage to a Dassault Falcon 900EX and present a hazard to the eight people aboard.
If the approach speed had been a few knots lower, if the touchdown had been a few meters shorter, if the runway had been dry and just a bit longer, if the pilots had considered a go-around a few seconds earlier, if the thrust reverser system had not malfunctioned, or if the concrete base for an approach light had not protruded from the ground off the end of the runway, the overrun accident at Germany’s Emden Aerodrome the morning of Nov. 18, 2009, might not have happened.
But it did happen, and the events leading to the accident are discussed in the English version of the final report released in February 2012 by the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU).
There were no injuries in the accident, which occurre…
