Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has released final reports on the Serious Incident involving an Embraer EMB-145LR belonging to Air Peace airline.

The aircraft with nationality and registration marks 5N-BVD operated by Air Peace was involved in the serious incident at Kaduna Airport, Kaduna on 14th January, 2021

The report which was produced by the NSIB revealed that the aircraft had 53 persons made up of 49 passengers and four crew with fuel endurance of three hours before the incident occurred.

In its findings, the investigative committee discovered that the aircraft, which had earlier operated three sectors, started having issues while preparing for the fourth sector on ground in Kaduna.

“The Electric Motor Driven Pump (EMDP) was used to power the Hydraulic System. During Taxi, the Lead Cabin Crew informed the flight crew that there was an unusual sound from the over-wing to the aft of the aircraft. The flight crew concluded that the sound emanated from the EMDP and continued with pre-flight activities.

“The aircraft lined up for take-off and as it accelerated towards 119 kt, the take-off was aborted, thus initiating a sequence of events that eventually led to the failure of Number 1 and Number 2 Wheel Assemblies and additional damage to the aircraft.

The incident occurred at 12:09:20 h, daytime in Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC).”

The causal factor according to the findings blamed the incident on the airline for operating the aircraft with an unserviceable hydraulic system leading to a high speed rejected take-off.

Among the contributory factors included non-leakage of Hydraulic System 1 due to a loose coupling on the hydraulic line servicing the Brake Control Valve and the pilot’s non-adherence to Air Peace Limited guidelines on diagnosis and reporting of faults.

The NSIB also released the final report on the incident involving a ground collision between the Skypower Aviation Handling Company’s (SAHCO) Lavatory Service Truck with Max Air parked Boeing 737-300 aircraft number 9/5.

The incident which happened in 2021, indicated SAHCO as a company was lacking adequate workers in its operations department.

The final report also blamed the driver of the truck for failing to act professionally by not establishing communication between himself and the marshaller for the repositioning of the truck. (The Nation)

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