Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 6 May 1993
Aircraft Type: Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10B3
Owner/operator: SERCA – Servicio Especializado de Carga Area
Registration Number: HK-3835X
Location: Cayenne-Rochambeau Airport (CAY) –
ÿ French Guiana
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: UndercarriageUndercarriage
Category: Accident
A hard touchdown caused significant damage to the aircraft’s undercarriage, resulting in the collapse of the fuselage on both fore and aft sides.A hard touchdown caused significant damage to the aircraft’s undercarriage, resulting in the collapse of the fuselage on both fore and aft sides.
Description
Touched down hard causing the undercarriage to collapse. The fuselage failed fore and aft of the wing.
Primary Cause
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