IAI 1124 Westwind crash, Jul 23, 1996, Rosh Pina
IAI 1124 Westwind accident on July 23, 1996 near Rosh Pina, Northern District, Israel with no fatalities. Cause: Poor flight preparation and planning:...
- Date: July 23, 1996
- Aircraft: IAI 1124 Westwind
- Location: Rosh Pina, Northern District, Israel
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Poor flight preparation and planning: the crew had never landed at this airport and did not recognise that the available landing distance was insufficient for this aircraft in that configuration. No thrust reverser fault was found.
An Arkia IAI Westwind on a charter from Eilat landed at Rosh Pina, where the runway had a displaced threshold and only about 975 metres of landing distance. The captain believed the thrust reversers were not working and had them reselected, and the jet still failed to slow. He steered off the runway, struck a concrete block and lost the landing gear. All eight occupants were uninjured.