Portal:Runway Excursion

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Description

A runway excursion occurs when an aircraft departs the runway in use during the take-off or landing run.

Types of Runway Excursion

• Overrun on Take Off: A departing aircraft fails to become airborne or successfully reject the take off before reaching the end of the runway.
• Overrun on Landing: A landing aircraft is unable to stop before the end of the runway is reached.
• Directional Control: An aircraft taking off, rejecting take off or landing departs the side of the runway.
• Undershoot on Landing: An aircraft attempting a landing touches down in the undershoot area of the designated landing runway within the aerodrome perimeter.
• Wrong Runway Use

Articles grouped under all of these sub-categories are listed below.

Research and Statistics

• Runway Excursion Statistics for Europe
• Runway Excursions Research - ATSB
• Reducing the Risk of Runway Excurions - FSF

Checklists & Toolkits

• Runway Excursion Risk Assessment Tool

Accident and Serious Incident Reports

• Accident and Serious Incident Reports: RE contains a selection of reports on RE events.

For a fuller overview of this issue, see the article: Runway Excursion.