Accidents and Incidents
On 8 March 2006, an HS 748 Series 2a registered G-BVOV overran the runway at Guernsey Airport. There were no injuries. The cause of the accident was that the flight crew did not operate the propeller controls correctly, meaning that less drag was created than would have been had the controls been operated correctly.
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