Kingfisher Airlines Flight 4124

Kingfisher Airlines Flight 4124 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight in India which overran the end of the runway at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai on 10 November 2009. The aircraft suffered substantial damage. As a result of the accident, the pilots involved had their licences withdrawn by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
Aircraft
The aircraft involved was ATR-72-212A VT-KAC, msc 729. The aircraft made its first flight on 18 May 2006, under French test registration F-WWEJ before entering service with Kingfisher Airlines as VT-KAC.
Accident
Prior to the accident, an Air India flight from Goa is reported to have bounced on landing, breaking two runway lights. The accident occurred at 11:10 UTC (16:40 ) when Flight 4124 overran the end of Runway 27A. Runway 27 had been reduced in length to owing to scheduled maintenance work. This was to take place every Tuesday from 07:30 to 11:30 UTC. The shortened in-use runway was designated 27A. The METAR in force at the time of the accident was VABB 101110Z 07007KT 2300 -RA FEW012 SCT015 FEW030CB OVC090 24/22 Q1003 NOSIG=. This translates to METAR for Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, issued on the 10th of the month at 11:00 Zulu time, wind from 070° at . Visibility , rain, a few clouds at , scattered clouds at , few clouds with cumulonimbus at , overcast at . Temperature , QNH 1003mb, no significant change expected.<ref nameASN101109/> No operation on runway 27A was permitted when the runway was wet. It was reported that a crew member and six passengers sustained minor injuries in the accident.<ref nameSuspend/> It is reported that the aircraft will be written off as a result of the accident.<ref name=Reg/>
Investigation
The DGCA opened an investigation into the accident. As a direct result of the accident, the DGCA suspended the licences of six pilots, giving the reason for this that they had not followed strict guidelines covering landing on Runway 27A in poor weather conditions. The airlines involved were Go Air, Kingfisher Airlines and National Aviation Company of India Limited. An Air Traffic Controller was also suspended by the DGCA for failure to notify the pilot of Flight 4124 of the runway conditions.<ref name=Suspend/>
In response, Kingfisher Airlines denied allegations that the crew had acted improperly after the accident. They also claimed that the flight crew were not given information on the state of the runway before they landed.<ref name=Suspend/>

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