Incident Overview

Date: Monday 27 January 2003
Aircraft Type: Cessna 550 Citation Bravo
Owner/operator: Net Jets Transportes Aereos
Registration Number: CS-DHB
Location: Aberdeen-Dyce Airport (ABZ) – ÿ United Kingdom
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: Nose landing gearNose landing gear
Investigating Agency: AAIBAAIB
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a challenging en-route landing in adverse weather conditions near Aberdeen. The aircraft was given wind vector information and instructed to perform an ILS approach. During the approach, wind conditions shifted, resulting in a series of divergent bounces and a go-around. Subsequent damage to the nose landing gear led to a diversion to Glasgow Airport, where more favorable wind conditions were present.An aircraft experienced a challenging en-route landing in adverse weather conditions near Aberdeen. The aircraft was given wind vector information and instructed to perform an ILS approach. During the approach, wind conditions shifted, resulting in a series of divergent bounces and a go-around. Subsequent damage to the nose landing gear led to a diversion to Glasgow Airport, where more favorable wind conditions were present.

Description

The aircraft was carrying out a positioning flight from Paris Le Bourget Airport to Aberdeen Airport with the co-pilot operating as the handling pilot. The en-route phase of the flight was uneventful and on arrival in the Aberdeen area the aircraft was given radar vectors for an Instrument Landing System (ILS) approach to Runway 34. When the aircraft was established on final approach, the Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower controller issued a landing clearance and reported the surface wind as being from 270 degrees at 23 knots. A further wind check was given about one minute later of 270 degrees at 22 knots gusting 32 knots, which was acknowledged by the crew. The aircraft carried out an attempted landing in weather conditions of a gusting crosswind from the left. The aircraft bounced on the first landing and entered a series of divergent bounces, from the last of which a go-around was initiated. During the attempted landing the aircraft sustained damage to the nose landing gear following which it diverted to land successfully at Glasgow Airport where the wind conditions were more favourable. Damage: Disintegrated nose wheel, numerous small dents in the fuselage skin and minor damage to right flap.

Primary Cause

Wind conditions during the approach and subsequent landing were unfavorable, leading to divergent bounces and a go-around.Wind conditions during the approach and subsequent landing were unfavorable, leading to divergent bounces and a go-around.

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