Accidents
Mix-up Leads to Landing on Occupied Runway
The King Air B200 landed on Runway 17 while ground personnel were there preparing to launch gliders.

An unclearly worded Notam and a verbal discussion that led to incorrect assumptions caused a chartered Raytheon (Beechcraft) King Air B200 to land on a runway where ground personnel were preparing to launch gliders, according to a final report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB). No one was injured in the Dec. 18, 2016 incident on Runway 17 at Horsham Airport, Victoria, but the ATSB said, “This incident highlights the critical importance of what you say and how you say it for both the written and spoken word.”

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