Dash 8 Aborted Takeoff/Gear Up Accident.
Dash 8 Aborted Takeoff/Gear Up Accident. A DHC-8-402Q operated by Luxair was involved in an aborted takeoff accident at Saarbrücken-Ensheim Airport (SCN), Germany.
Luxair LG9562 was a scheduled passenger service from Hamburg Airport, Germany to Saarbrücken and Luxembourg.
Following an intermediate stop at Saarbrücken the aircraft was cleared for takeoff on runway 09. Immediately after lifting off the runway, just as the undercarriage had been retracted, the crew aborted the takeoff.
The DHC-8-400Q landed back on the runway with it’s gear retracted and came to rest about 360 m before the end of the paved surface of the runway.
News reports indicate that smoke was developing in the rear of the cabin. It was not specified if this occurred before or after the gear-up landing.
Runway 09/27 is an asphalt runway, 6562 feet long.
September 30, 2015
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