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Aviation History
1989
1989 - 2260.PDF
NON-FATAL ACCIDENTS/INCIDENTS: SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHTS Aircraft Location Injuries Crew Pass Total occupants Crew Pass Phase Circumstances Jan 11 Jan 11 Jan 18 Jan 19 Jan 19 Jan 20 Jan 21 Jan 22 Jan 24 Jan 26 Feb 7 Feb 9 Feb 25 Feb 28 Mar 5 Mar 6 Mar 18 Mar 24 Mar 28 Mar 30 April 3 April 8 April 20 April 20 May 14 May 17 May 22 May 24 May 28 June 2 June 9 June 11 June 15 June 27 June 28 Indian Airlines Pan Am Southern Air Services*" Eastern Air Lines Aspen Airways Piedmont Muk-Air Piedmont Thai Airways International America Pan Am Linhas Aereas de Mocambiqu Transbrasil Aero Peru KLM Turk Hava Yollari Continental Maersk Air American Airlines FEAT Faucett United Air Lines Pan Am TWA British West Indian Airways Somali Airlines Dan-Air Delta Airlines British West Indian Airlines Qantas Dan-Air British Midland Pakistan International Airways Thai Airways International British Airways Indian Airlines 737-200 747 Aztec (VH-AKN) 757 CV580 (N73160) 737-200 (N242US) Metro (OY-ARI) 737 A300-600 MD-80 747 737-200 e (C9-BAD) 737 (PT-TEE) 727 Fokker 100 (PK-KLQ Metro 3 (TC-FBU) 737-300 (N12318) 737-200 (OY-MBV) DC-10 737 737-200 (OBR-1314) 747 747 (N4743) 747 MD-83 707 (60-SBT) One Eleven (G-ATPL) 727 DC-9 747-200 737-400 (G-BNNL) 737-400 (G-OBMG) F.27-200 (AP-BBF) 747-200B (HS-TGB) 757 (G-BMRH) 737 Gauhati, India Moscow Victoria, Australia Birmingham, USA Colorado, USA Chicago O'Hare, USA Omskoldvik, Sweden JFK Airport, USA Bangkok Airport Thailand Chicago, USA Los Angeles, USA Lichinga, Mozambique Sao Paulo, Brazil Guayaquil, Peru Geneva, Switzerland Istanbul, Turkey San Francisco, USA Ronne Airport, Denmark Las Vegas Airport, USA Tainan, Taiwan Iquitos, Peru Sydney, Australia London Heathrow London Heathrow Antigua Nairobi Airport, Kenya London Gatwick Denver Airport, USA Bridgetown, Barbados Darwin, Australia Southern England Central England Sukkur, Pakistan London Heathrow New Delhi, India — 2 96 T/O Collided with two bulls on runway. Substantial damage. — 341 ER Precautionary engine shutdown and diversion to Moscow Sheremetyevo when low oil pressure indicated. — 1 5 ? Both engines failed. Forced landing. — 110 T/O Wing panel (5ft square) came off. ATC notified crew, who returned to land. — 3 26 ER Following engine trouble, crew carried out forced landing on a dirt road. — 4 27 C Soon after take-off the No.2 engine mounting failed completely at wing, and engine separated. Aircraft returned to land safely. — 2 15 ? Problems with No.l engine, returned to land but propeller failed to feather. Forced landing on compacted snow to one side of approach path. — ? 122 G Auxiliary power unit fire. 15 ? 239 T/O Aborted take-off because of fire warning. — ? ? Engine fire, emergency landing. — ? 273 C Landing-gear door and engine cowling fell off. Returned to land. 2 108 L Overran runway in rain. Severe damage. — 6 113 G VASP 737 veered off runway and struck Transbrasil 737 awaiting take off. Damage to wing and controls. Weather bad, with high crosswind. — ? C Engine fire. Returned to land. — 5 95 L Left main-gear shimmy followed by collapse. — 11 L Overran runway. — 5 64 C Elevator vibration caused by carbon-reinforced plastic delamination. The latter caused by heat from small APU fire. — 4 61 L Overran runway. Rain, 25kt crosswind, and total hydraulic failure. — ? 208 L Blew four mainwheel tyres on landing. — 117 C Engine failure and return to airport. 14 130 L Landed in rainstorm, skidded off runway. — ? L Wing panel fell on to runway during landing and fuel leaked on to runway. — 3 — G Crew bus knocked 2ft off wingtip. — ? RA Wing leading-edge slat fell off when bolt sheared. — 63 G Smoke in cockpit from overheating transformer. — 13 57 T/O Took off, then settled back on runway and overran, causing serious damage to gear. — 6 37 G Tug manoeuvring between stands embedded itself in port wingtip. — 7 113 G Corroded main landing gear trunnion failed during pushback. Was due for inspection in August 1990, and had not been removed in aircraft's eight-year service. Fleet check initiated. — 64 T/O Engine failure. Suspected foreign object damage. 46 20 305 ER While cruising at 31,000ft the aircraft suddenly climbed 1,500ft. Captain took control and diverted to Darwin. Clear-air turbulence given as probable cause, but autopilot problems not ruled out. — 100 C Fan blade broke in CFM56-3C engine near top of climb. Crew throttled engine back and returned to Gatwick. — 79 C Fan blade broke in CFM56-3C engine near top of climb. Crew shut down damaged engine and diverted to East Midlands Airport. — 4 29 L Nosewheel failed to lock when selected down. A ground engineer who entered the nosewheel bay to inspect the problem was killed when the nosegear collapsed. — 374 G Both aircraft awaiting take-off, Thai 747 behind BA 757. Thai cleared ahead of BA to meet slot, and, in turning to taxi around the 757, hit its tail with wingtip. — 119 G ' ,;;| 1 — ? C Birdstrike broke cockpit, injuring copilot. Indian Airlines repp'rts this as sixth damaging birdstrike this month and 52nd since January (Reuter). NON-FATAL ACCIDENTS/INCIDENTS: NON-PASSENGER FLIGHTS Date Carrier Aircraft Location Injuries Occupants Phase Circumstances Jan 4 Jan 5 Jan 19 Feb 28 May 6 BAC Charter Fed Ex Air Canada Manila Aero Transport DHC Twin Otter (G-JEAQ Caravan I (N945FE) DC-3 (XB-DYP) DC-8-70 (C-FTIR) DC-3 (RP-C82) Southend Airport, UK Aspen, USA Laredo, USA Edmonton, Canada Manila, Philippines 1 2 2 ? 18 G Brake failure caused collision with another aircraft. Investigation said that pre-flight checks should have detected hydraulic system damage. RA Crashed 3*5 miles east of Aspen Airport. T/O Wingtip struck ground, cartwheeled, and burned. L Struck snow bank at runway edge. T/O Engine failed, aircraft left runway, and was destroyed. Was carrying passengers despite being licensed only as a freighter. 34 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 22 July 1989
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