National Transportation Safety Board: Safety Recommendation

摘要

On March 12, 2003, the tail of Singapore Airlines flight SQ286, a Boeing 747-412, struck the runway and incurred substantial damage during the takeoff rotation at Auckland International Airport in New Zealand. The airplane was fully loaded with fuel, 369 passengers, 17 cabin crewmembers and 3 flight crewmembers (a captain and 2 first officers) for an approximately 9-hour flight from Auckland to Singapore. The flight crew declared an emergency during the airplane's initial climb and returned the airplane to Auckland where an overweight landing was completed. No injuries to the passengers or crew were reported. The New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) investigated the accident and concluded in its final report that the accident was caused by erroneously low takeoff reference speeds being entered into the airplane's Honeywell flight management system (FMS) based on a takeoff weight transcription error committed by the flight crew. Before the flight, the captain reviewed the flight dispatch paperwork, which included the airplane's zero fuel weight and takeoff gross weight.