According to global commercial aircraft accident statistics published by Airbus for 2002-2021, runway excursions ranked third among the most frequent fatal accident types (behind loss of control inflight and controlled flight into terrain) and accounted for 35 percent of hull losses. Working with their partners at GE Digital to sift through flight operational quality assurance (FOQA) data and finding runway excursions or near misses to be a significant issue for business aircraft as well, FlightSafety Executive Vice President of Safety and Regulatory Compliance Richard Meikle and his team rolled out a new runway excursion prevention program for all fixed-wing clients starting in February 2022.
“When we began working with GE Digital, we didn't know for certain runway excursions was where we wanted to focus,” said Meikle. “But not only was the data specifically highlighting runway excursions as the clear top safety threat, it told us exactly where the threat was highest. In some cases, such as Jackson Hole, WY, one in four landings triggered an alert in the data indicating it was at increased risk of an overrun.”
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