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1989 - 0170.PDF
.COMMERCIAL FLIGHT SAFETY. NONFATAL ACCIDENTS/INCIDENTS: SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHTS—continued Date Carrier Aircraft Location Total Injuries Occupants Crew Pass Crew Pass Phase Circumstances May 10 May 15 May 16 May 21 May 23 May 24 May 24 May 25 May 30 June 6 June 11 June 12 June 16 June 19 June 27 June 30 July 1 July 4 July 10 July 11 July 13 July 14 July 16 July 19 July 19 July 21 July 24 July 27 Aug 8 Aug 10 Aug 11 Aug 12 Aug 17 Aug 18 Aug 21 Aug 29 Sep 9 Sep 11 Sep 12 Sep 13 Sep 21 Sep 26 Sep 28 Sep 29 Oct 7 Oct 9 American Qantas 5 American Lineas Aereas Costarricense Atlantic Southeast TACA Nigeria Airways Sudan Air American Pan Am Alaska Airlines Mandala Indian Airlines British Island Airways Zambia Airways Air Senegal Bouraq Kenya Airways Pan Am Inter- European TAP Indian Airlines British Airways Aerolineas Argentinas Air France British Airways > Air Canada Aeroflot National Commuter British Airways Sunflower Airlines TWA Dan-Air British Airways United British Airways American Airlines Aerolineas Argentinas TACA Eastern Continental Garuda A300-600R 747SP Metro (N1013G) DC-10-30 (N136AA) 727-100 (TI-LRC) Bandeirante (N65DA) 737 (N75356) 737 (5NAUB) 707-320C (ST-AFB) 737 747 727 Viscount (PK-RVU) 737 (VT-EAI) BAe One- Eleven (G-AXBB) ATR42-300 (9J-AFC) BAe 748 (6V-AET) Viscount (PK-IVW) F.27 (5Y-BBS) 727 (N254US) A310 737-300 727 (CS-TBS) 737-200 (VT-EFK) Concorde (G-BOAG) 737-200 (LV-LIV) 747 (N4506H) Metro 3 (N482SA) BAe 748 (G-BCOE) 737-200 TriStar Tu-154 Shorts 330 (G-BJFK) 747 (G-AWNH) De Havilland Heron (DQ-FDY) 727 (N852TW) BAe One-Eleven (G-BPNX) 747-100 (G-AWNM) DC-10 (N1830U) TriStar 727 (N710AA) 737 (LV-LIU) 737 (N135TA) 757 747-200B (N604PE) 747 (PK-GSA) ER New York- San Juan ER San Francisco- Sydney Atlanta, USA Dallas /Fort Worth USA San Jose, Costa Rica Lawton, USA New Orleans Kaduna, Nigeria Doha Airport, Qatar Los Angeles Int JFK, New York Seattle /Tacoma Apt, USA Jakarta, Indonesia Delhi Newcastle, UK Nkana, Zambia Dakar, Senegal Balikpapan, Indonesia Kisumu, Kenya Minneapolis, USA ER Atlantic Cardiff, UK Frankfurt, W. Germany Vadodra, India JFK, New York Bahia Blanca, Argentina Delhi Anchorage, Alaska Manchester, UK Toronto Ufa, USSR Southend, UK Delhi Nandi, Chicago O'Hare, USA London Gatwick .London Heathrow Denver Stapleton Pittsburgh Int., USA Dallas, USA Ushuaia, Argentina Tegucigalpa, Honduras San Jose, Costa Rica London Gatwick Bangkok 9 90 ER Diverted with fuel leak to Bermuda. 16 171 ER Severe clear air turbulence. Cabin repairs required. ? L Gear failed to extend. 14 240 TO Take-off aborted following flap/slat warning light. Brakes failed. Overran runway by 1,000ft, nose gear collapsed. Warning found to be false. Eight out of ten brakes found near max wear limit. 9 16 TO Fire on take-off. Aborted. 2 6 TO Lost power on port engine, veered port and hit ground. 5 36 RBA Both engines failed in hail and rainstorm. Captain landed aircraft on a flat, grassy area. 6 34 L Left runway. ? TO No. 2 engine turbine broke up. ? TO Fuel leak, turned back. 16 387 TO Flew into flock of geese, shut down damaged engine, returned. 82 L Skidded off runway. 3 45 L Left main gear collapsed, having failed to lock down. 6 126 L Wheels-up landing. ? 86 TO Aborted and overran after hitting flock of birds. ? L Landed at disused airfield by mistake; right main gear torn off. ? G Loss of hydraulic pressure in flight; landed safely but lost steering control and hit pylons. ? L Attempted fast turn off wet runway, skidded, gear collapsed. 4 39 L Crew forgot to lower gear. 7 86 G Collided with refueller. ? 166 ER Engine shutdown and diversion to Keflavik. ? 150 TO Engine failure at take-off landed safely. 9 115 L Right main gear collapsed on exiting runway. ? L Main gear collapsed when aircraft collided with bull. 72 L Hydraulic failure. Aircraft stopped with port main gear off runway. ? 121 L Touched down 3,600ft into runway and overran.' 15 272 TO Aborted and overran following No. 4 engine fire warning. 2 6 C Wheelbay overheat. Port engine shutdown. Tyres and aileron push tube burnt. 4 15 G Tug tried to push back before brake release. Nosegear damaged. ? T/O Uncontained engine failure and fire. (Pratt & Whitney report). ? 306 C No. 1 engine failure. ? 164 RA Undercarriage failed to extend. Landed safely on foam. 19 L Tyreburst on landing. Aircraft left runway. 17 98 L Squall caused wheels momentarily to leave runway. 1 11 G Port wing caught fire on engine start. Spilled fuel believed to be a factor. 6 62 L Gear failed to deploy. Gear control selector valve arm disconnected from splined driveshaft. ? RA Nosewheel door detached in flight. ? RA No. 6 flap track fracture. Extensive damage to right inboard flap assembly. Almost full aileron needed to keep wings level. • Safe landing. 10 197 L Veered off runway and nose gear collapsed. 16 61 ER Turbine failure in one engine. Diverted to Pittsburgh 7 81 L Unable to extend port main gear; elected to land with gear up. 56 L Overran runway, came to rest in shallow sea with port engine and main gear separated. 7 52 L Aircraft ground-looped 180° when unable to obtain reverse thrust. 7 122 TO Tyre blew, take-off aborted. All tyres blew, nose gear collapsed, engine nacelles touched runway, fuselage buckled. 374 L While aircraft was landing, an air traffic controller reported pan of the No. 4 engine cowl missing and damage to turbine casing. 19 293 G While nosing-up to terminal the aircraft halted too late and embedded its nose 2m inside the building. 56 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 21 January 1989
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