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Date Tuesday 5 December 1989
Time
Type Silhouette image of generic A320 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Airbus A320-211
Operator Air Inter
Registration F-GHQB
MSN 036
Year of manufature 1989
Engines CFMI CFM56-5A1
Crew Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Passengers Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 136
Total occupants Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 142
Aircraft damage Minor, repaired
Aircraft fate rep
Location Lille-Lesquin Airport (LIL)   France
Phase Landing
Nature Passenger - Scheduled
Departure Airport Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO)
Destination Airport Lille-Lesquin Airport (LIL/LFQQ)
Narrative An Airbus A320-211 was damaged in a runway incursion accident at Lille-Lesquin Airport (LIL), France. There were no fatalities
Visibility was limited, about 500 m, due to fog. While F-GHQB was on approach, a Mooney M20K registered PH-WJO, taxied onto the active runway. The A320 was unable to go around and hit the Mooney from behind, spinning it around and taking off the wings and tail.
The pilot and sole occupant of the Mooney, Dutch astronaut Wubbo Ockels, survived the accident.

sources

Causal System Analysis / Peter Ladkin [Chapter 13: Aviation incident reports]

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photo (c) Michel ROHART; Lille-Lesquin Airport (LIL/LFQQ); 09 December 1989


photo (c) Michel ROHART; Lille-Lesquin Airport (LIL/LFQQ); 09 December 1989


photo (c) Michel ROHART; Lille-Lesquin Airport (LIL/LFQQ); 09 December 1989


photo (c) Michel ROHART; Lille-Lesquin Airport (LIL/LFQQ); 09 December 1989