What happened
On 16 January 2013, a Britten-Norman BN2B-20 Islander, registration G-SICA, was involved in an incident during takeoff at Lerwick/Tingwall Airport. The aircraft was operating on a runway surface that had been contaminated with ice and had not been treated.
The investigation
The AAIB issued this correction to rectify inaccuracies in the previously published report (AAIB Bulletin 6/2013). The original text incorrectly described the aircraft's movement during the initial phase of the takeoff roll.
Findings
While the initial report suggested the aircraft veered to the left, the investigation established that at the beginning of the takeoff roll, the aircraft experienced an uncontrollable drift to the right due to the untreated, icy runway surface.