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1997 - 0143.PDF
AIRLINE SAFETY REVIEW 28 October American Airlines McDonnell Douglas M&80 (N244A) LaGuardia Airport, New York, USA -/• 5/88 AA inbound to LaGuardia, the crew received warnings that the nose-gear was not locked down. After a fly-by inspection at LaGuardia. the crew diverted to JFK Airport. Landing on runway 31 there, the nose gear collapsed. 6 November Malaysia Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (N271WA)Ezeiza International Airport, Buenos Aires. Argentina -/- 15/268 On the second ILS approach to runway 11 the aircraft toucheddown long and fast on the wet runway and overran. The approaches were flown manually because of problems with the autopilots. 16 November Vietnam Airlines Nose gear collapsed on landing. TupolevTu-134(?) Da Nang, Vietnam ?/? 3 December Polynesian Airlines Boeing 737-300 (5W-ILF) Apia, Western Samoa veered off the runway after landing from an ILS approach. Moderate rain, but increasing in intensity. 7/121 12 December Iberia McDonnell Douglas MD37 (?) Overran slightly from a wet runway. Nose gear damaged. Barajas Airport, Madrid, Spain ?/? 19 December Mexicana Airbus Industrie A320 (F-OHMK) Ran off left side of runway in heavy rain. Hit a structure. Villahermosa. Mexico 6/86 Non-fatal accidents and incidents: non-scheduled passenger flights Date Carrier Aircraft Type/Registration 26 March Iran Air Tours TupolevTu-154M(EP-ITS) Aircraft ran off the hght side of the runway and nose gear collapsed. Daylight and good weather. Location ?, Iran Injuries crew/pax •/• Total occupants crew/pax 8/170 Phase 1 May Fly Lineas Aereas Boeing 727-200Adv (PP-LBY) Quito, Ecuador -/l 9/77 TO Aborted on wet runway 35 when pilot decided that acceleration was below that required. Overran by 150m. Aircraft said to be considerably overweight for conditions. Had been chartered to carry a Brazilian football team. 3 May Penair Fairchild Metro III (N670PA) St George Island Airport, Alaska, USA Sink rate too high on approach, and action to arrest it was taken too late to avoid a hard touchdown which caused gear failure. 2/11 14 May Allegro Air McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 (XA-SNR) Tampico, Mexico -/- 4/42 ER Using Omega navigation, the pilot became lost. He diverted to Tampico. but the aircraft ran out of fuel, both engines flaming-out with some 90km to go. The aircraft finally touched down some 300m short of the runway. 28 May Martinair Holland Boeing 767-3O0ER (PC-MCH) Of f US east coast 7 204 ER •partial DC power failure' caused total EFIS failure and robbed crew of flap and reverse-thrust options. Aircraft, originally bound for Miami, was diverted to Boston, USA, where the crew landed it safely in good VMC. Non-fatal accidents/incidents: regional and commuter airlines Date Carrier 1 January Ketchikan Air Service Engine failed. Force-landed on a gravel road. Aircraft Type/Registration de Havilland Canada Twin Otter (N53KA) Location Boulder City. Nevada, USA Injuries crew/pax -/• Total occupants crew/pax ?/? Phase 4 January West Star Aviation Beech 100 King Air (N924WS) Frank Wiley Field. Montana, USA -/• Aircraft landed at dawn on a runway which had been snowploughed to a width of about 20m, but ran off the runway causing gear collapse. Aircraft written off. 6 January Imperial Air AntonovArv32(OB-1604) Chachapoyas Airport, Chachapoyas. Peru Right main gear collapsed on landing. 13 January Vanderhoof Flying Service Beech Baron 9&B55 (C-C-GXHN) Vanderhoof, British Columbia, Canada Nose gear failed to lock down, possibly because of frozen slush from takeoff run at Minaret. 25 January Transportes Aereos Neuquen Fairchild Metro III (LV-AOR) Rincon de los Sauces Airport, Neuquen. Argentina Touched down just short of the runway. The left main gear collapsed, causing the aircraft to swerve left off the runway. 21 February New England Airlines Pilatus Britten-Norman Islander (N414JA) Bethel, Arkansas. USA Safe emergency landing at Bethel following failure of one engine. 8 March Sudpacifico Fairchild Metro II (XA-SJY) Morelia, Mexico Nose gear failed shortly after touchdown, and aircraft ran off runway 10 March Merpati Nusantara Airlines CASA 212-200 (PK-NCU) Soroako Airport, Soroako, Indonesia Overran runway on landing, swerved through 90°, nose gear and hght main gear failed. 26 March Labrador Travel Air Partenavia P.68C Nain, Newfoundland. Canada Struck a snow bank before touchdown. Impact tore off main gear and aircraft came to rest on runway. 2 April Prince Edward Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (C-FLAQ) Nain, Newfoundland, Canada Landed lOOm short in daylight, but in white-out conditions (snow). Pilot was trying to land precisely on the threshold because the runway is short. 7 April Island Air Gold Coast Pilatus Britten Norman Islander (VH-HIA) NrCurrumbin, Queensland, Australia flight engine lost power. Pilot diverted to follow the coast and, upon failing to maintain height, ditched just offshore. 7 April Dolphin Airlines de Havilland Canada Twin Otter (N143SA) Virgin Gorda. British Virgin Islands Veered sharply left, ran off runway and hit fence. 16 April Merpati Nusantara Fokker F27 (PK-MFW) El Tariq Airport, Kupang, Indonesia Port maiogear leg would not retract fully. Continued to destination, where gear would not extend, so returned to Kupang and landed with gear down 25 April Royal Nepal Airlines British Aerospace 748 (9N-ABR) Meghuli, Nepal Overran 1,000m grass landing-strip in wet conditions, nose gear failed. 18 May Archana Airways Let 410VP (VT-ETB) Kanpur Airport, India Overran runway and hit wall. 9 June Sonangol Aeronautica Fokker F27 Mk500 (D2-ESN) Malanje, Angola Landed with one main-gear leg off runway, causing gear collapse. 24 June Comair Embraer Brasilia (N168CA) Orlando International Airport, USA •Green-system" hydraulic failure. Gear failed to deploy, so crew landed with gear up. Minimal damage reported. 28 June Samorodok (Yakutsk Air Directorate) Aldan Airport, Aldan, Russia •/• -/- -/- -/- -/- •/- •A -/- -/l •/- 2/3 5/39 ?/? 2/4 ?/? ?/? 3/4 ?/? 1/- 1/9 2/8 -/- 4/21 but port mairhundercarriage leg collapsed. •/• •/• •/• -/- -/- 4/27 3/16 ?/? 3/29 4/7 L L RA RA ER L L L L ER TO TO L L L L ER During the flight the No 2 engine failed, but the pilot elected to shut it down and continue to destination. On landing, touchdown was some 90m short of the runway threshold and first impact was hard AG), nosewheel first. After several bounces, the nose gear broke off. 11 July Bouraq Indonesia Airlines British Aerospace 748-2B (PK-IHN) Pattimura Airport, Ambon. Indonesia Engine failure during takeoff roll. Aircraft overran about 180m during abort. 16 July British Airways Express ATR 42 Antwerp Airport, Belgium The captain suffered a stroke during the takeoff run. which was promptly aborted. 25 July Weasua Air Transport Yakovlev Yak-40 (RA87573) Spngg Payne Airport, Monrovia. Liberia Undershot runway by about 5m. which caused the left main gear and wing to fail. There was no fire. 23 September Vanua Air Charter Pilatus Islander 2A(DQ-FIF) Gau Airport. Fiji Overran on landing in poor visibility and rain, damaging landing gear. 8 December KLM CityHopper Fokker 50IPH-KVK) London Heathrow Airport, UK •/- -/- -/- -/- -/- Left main undercarriage failed to lock down. Crew alerted Airport emergency services and completed all standard operating procedures before landing, and the left Passengers and crew evacuated safety. 4/43 ?/15 5/4 2/3 4/41 TO TO RA L AA main gear collapsed during the landing run. FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 15 - 21 January 1997 37
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