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Quarterly Aviation Report DUTCH SAFETY BOARD page 4 Investigations Within the Aviation sector, the Dutch Safety Board is required by law to investigate occurrences involving aircraft on or above Dutch territory. In addition, the Board has a statutory duty to investigate occurrences involving Dutch aircraft over open sea. Its July - September 2020 investigations are conducted in accordance with the Safety Board Kingdom Act and Regulation (EU) During the past quarter, the Dutch Safety Board published two aviation no. 996/2010 of the European reports. One discussed the fi rst accident involving an electrically powered Parliament and of the Council of microlight aeroplane in the Netherlands. The Board concluded that a 20 October 2010 on the minimum safety level for microlight aeroplanes must be established in investigation and prevention of Europe. The second report related to a Boeing 737 which was engaged in a accidents and incidents in civil go-around and experienced an undesirable loss of separation from another aviation. If a description of the Boeing 737 which had just started its take-off procedure from a converging page 10 events is suffi cient to learn runway at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The Board issued a recommendation lessons, the Board does not to Air Traffi c Control the Netherlands to no longer deviate from the basic conduct any further investigation. rule that clearance to take off should only be issued after the landing on the converging runway has actually been confi rmed by the runway controller. The Board’s activities are mainly aimed at preventing occurrences During the third quarter of 2020, a fatal accident occurred at the Gilze- in the future or limiting their Rijen airbase involving a glider. The Dutch Safety Board has initiated an consequences. If any structural investigation. In Germany, two Dutch gliders lost their lives after colliding safety short-comings are revealed, and crashing. The German authorities have launched an investigation, the Board may formulate recommendations to remove assisted by the Dutch Safety Board. In addition, a Dutch armed forces NH90 these. The Board’s investigations helicopter crashed in the Caribbean Sea, resulting in the loss of life of two explicitly exclude any culpability crew members. The Dutch Safety Board completed a preliminary report on or liability aspects. this occurrence and has recommended that the Defence Safety Inspectorate conducts a further investigation. Jeroen Dijsselbloem Chairman of the Dutch Safety Board page 8 Additional investigation into Loss of part of flap, Boeing 747-406F ER, Crashed, Drone DJI M210, port area Crashed after winch launch, Airprox, Piper PA-18-135, Socata TB-9, aircraft accident Faro (1992) Harare (Zimbabwe), 8 July 2019 Rotterdam Waalhaven, 4 July 2020 Rolladen-Schneider LS8-18, International Airport Teuge, 17 July 2020 Occurrences into Gilze-Rijen Air Base, 12 July 2020 At the request of the Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and During the final approach to Harare International Airport, The DJI Matrice 210 (M210) drone was deployed for a On base leg of the circuit, the two aeroplanes came into which an Water Management, the Dutch Safety Board launched the Dutch-registered aeroplane of a Dutch airline lost a fire brigade mission in the Waalhaven in Rotterdam, the After a premature cable release during the winch launch, each other’s vicinity, after which the pilot of the Piper a short additional investigation into the accident during part of the right-hand inboard fore flap. The pilots were objective of which was to use its cameras to monitor a the glider made a turn and crashed. The glider was made an evasive maneuver. the landing of a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F at Faro able to keep the aeroplane under control, and subse- fire on board a ship. After completing the mission, the completely destroyed. The pilot did not survive the crash. investigation has Airport in Portugal on 21 December 1992. The commer- quently landed safely. pilot started the drone’s return flight to the take-off and cial air transport aeroplane with 340 occupants made a landing location. At a distance of between 100 and 150 Classification: Serious incident hard landing, causing the right main landing gear to fail. Zimbabwe, the state of occurrence has delegated the metres from the dockside, the pilot initiated the drone’s Classification: Accident Reference: 2020058 been launched Subsequently, the right wing broke off from the fuselage. whole of the conducting of the investigation to the descent. After a few seconds, the horizontal flight of the Reference: 2020047 The aircraft left the runway and burst into flames. 56 of Netherlands, as the state of registry and state of the drone stopped suddenly, the drone entered a spin and it the occupants were killed. operator. The Dutch Safety Board has instituted an inves- crashed into the water, where it sank. tigation into the circumstances of the occurrence. At the time, the Portuguese investigation body inves- tigated the accident. The Board believes that a short Classification: Accident investigation will be able to provide answers to specific Classification: Serious incident Reference: 2020043 technical questions about the landing gear, which gave Reference: 2019060 rise to the call for the additional investigation. The Board aims to complete this investigation and publish as quickly as possible, but no later than the start of 2021. The right wing with the damaged inboard flap. (Source: Airline) The crashed LS8-18. DJI M210 drone. (Source: Skytools) 2 - Dutch Safety Board Quarterly Aviation Report 3rd quarter 2020 - 3 Hard landing, Alexander Schleicher Emergency landing after loss of engine Gear-up landing, Socata TB-20, Airprox, Cessna 208B, Reims Aviation Airprox, Rolladen-Schneider LS 4-b, Occurrences into ASK 21 B, Terlet glider airfield, power, Cessna A152 Aerobat, Groningen Airport Eelde, S.A. F172N, International Airport Teuge, Cessna 172P, Nistelrode glider airfield, which an investigation 17 July 2020 Veelerveen, 8 August 2020 14 August 2020 20 August 2020 22 August 2020 The glider made a hard landing, with the tail breaking off. The pilot experienced engine problems and subsequently The aeroplane, with an instructor and student on board, The F172N flew on final for Runway 26 when it was overta- During the winch launch of the glider, an aeroplane flew has been launched The occupants were unharmed. decided to perform an emergency landing in a field. made a gear-up landing, sustaining damage to the ken by a Cessna 208, which flew over the F172N and then over the glider airfield. The pilot in the glider released the During landing, the nose wheel broke off and the aero- propeller and underside of the fuselage. The occupants landed in front of it. The pilot of the F172N then made a winch cable to avoid a collision. Some time later the glider plane came to rest upside down. Both occupants were were unharmed. go-around. made a safe landing. Classification: Accident unharmed. Reference: 2020050 Classification: Accident Classification: Serious incident Classification: Serious incident Classification: Accident Reference: 2020056 Reference: 2020081 Reference: 2020061 Reference: 2020055 The TB-20 after the gear-up landing. (Source: GAE) The Cessna A152 after the emergency landing. (Source: Dutch Aviation Police) The ASK 21 B after the hard landing. (Source: Dutch Aviation Police) 4 - Dutch Safety Board Quarterly Aviation Report 3rd quarter 2020 - 5 Occurrences into Emergency landing, Prematurely released winch cable, Right main landing gear collapsed, Damaged during off-fi eld landing, Diamond DA40 TDI, Den Bommel, ASK-23, Soesterberg glider airfi eld, Occurrences abroad Fokker F27 MK50, Bardere (Somalia), Alexander Schleicher ASW24-e, which an investigation 19 September 2020 26 September 2020 5 July 2020 Kranenburg (Germany), 15 July 2020 The pilot experienced engine problems, which were The single-seater glider took off using the winch launch with Dutch Following the landing on the aerodrome of Bardere, the During an off-fi eld landing, the Dutch registered glider has been launched followed by a complete engine failure. He made an emer- method. At a low altitude, the winch cable released, aircraft taxied to the stand. During taxiing, the right main hit a ditch in the fi nal phase of the run-out. The glider was gency landing in a crop fi eld, which damaged the aircraft. after which the pilot fl ew straight ahead and made a landing gear collapsed. The aircraft sustained damage. damaged at the bottom of the nose. The Dutch pilot was safe landing. The winch cable caught under the left wing involvement into There were no injuries. unharmed. of a two-seater glider that just had landed. This glider Classifi cation: Accident sustained damage to the left wing. The occupants were The Somalian Aircraft Accident Investigation Branch has The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Reference: 2020064 unharmed. which an launched an investigation into the occurrence. The Dutch Investigation (BFU) has launched an investigation into Safety Board has offered its assistance. the occurrence. The Dutch Safety Board has offered its assistance. Classifi cation: Serious incident Reference: 2020067 investigation has Classifi cation: Serious incident Reference: 2020045 Classifi cation: Accident been launched by a Reference: 2020048 Defence Crashed, NH90 helicopter, Caribbean Sea, foreign authority Mid-air collision, Glaser-Dirks DG-300 19 July 2020 Elan, Rolladen-Schneider LS4-b, Dülmen (Germany), 11 July 2020 The Dutch Safety Board has launched an exploratory investigation into the accident with an NH90 helicopter in the Caribbean Sea, in which two crew members were Two gliders, registered in the Netherlands, collided with killed. The Dutch Safety Board was on site together with each other during cross country fl ights in Germany and the Defence Safety Inspectorate for this purpose. crashed. Both Dutch pilots were killed. The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU) has launched an investigation into the The ASW24-e after the off-fi eld landing.