# NTSB CEN15WA113: Saab-Scania Saab 2000, Sumburgh, United Kingdom, December 15, 2014

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 15, 2014, 19:55 local (19:55 UTC)
- Place: Sumburgh, United Kingdom
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 90630
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN15WA113
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90630/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15WA113

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On December 15, 2014, about 1955 coordinated universal time, a SAAB-Scania SAAB 2000 airplane, G-LGNO, lost elevator control following a lightning strike on approach to Sumburgh Airport, Sumburgh, United Kingdom. The damage to the airplane is unknown. The airplane departed Aberdeen Airport, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, and was en route to Sumburgh at the time of the incident. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the United Kingdom's Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB). This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the government of the United Kingdom. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Air Accidents Investigation Branch Farnborough House Berkshire Copse Road Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 2HH, United Kingdom Website: http://www.aaib.gov.uk

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-LGNO (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB-SCANIA AB SAAB 2000 (NO SERIES)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2000-013
- Engines: ALLISON AE 2100A 3738 horsepower turbo fan; ALLISON AE 2100A 3738 horsepower turbo fan
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: Aberdeen
- Destination: Sumburgh
- Equipment: Stall warning system, Data recorder, Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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