Incident Overview
Date: Monday 11 February 2013
Aircraft Type: Boeing 737-33A
Owner/operator: Pakistan International Airlines – PIA
Registration Number: AP-BEH
Location: Muscat-Seeb Airport (MCT) –
ÿ Oman
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 108
Component Affected: Left main landing gearLeft main landing gear
Investigating Agency: PakCAAPakCAA
Category: Accident
A Boeing 737-33A passenger plane, AP-BEH, experienced a landing accident at Muscat-Seeb Airport (MCT), Oman. The aircraft sustained damage due to a sideways fold in its left main landing gear during landing. The left engine contacted the runway surface, resulting in a rest on the left side of the runway.A Boeing 737-33A passenger plane, AP-BEH, experienced a landing accident at Muscat-Seeb Airport (MCT), Oman. The aircraft sustained damage due to a sideways fold in its left main landing gear during landing. The left engine contacted the runway surface, resulting in a rest on the left side of the runway.
Description
A Boeing 737-33A passenger plane, AP-BEH, sustained damage in a landing accident at Muscat-Seeb Airport (MCT), Oman. There were no injuries among the 108 persons on board the plane. Pakistan International Airlines flight PK-259 had departed Sialkot Airport (SKT), Pakistan at 11:25. Upon landing on runway 08R/26L the left hand main gear folded sideways. The airplane came to rest on the left side of the runway with the no. 1 engine contacting the runway surface. Cause: “The incident took place due to shimmy of left main landing gear. The excessive play at the joints of torsion links and shimmy damper mechanism was the cause of shimmy event.”
Source of Information
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/oman/pia-plane-avoids-crash-at-muscat-airport-1.1145095http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/oman/pia-plane-avoids-crash-at-muscat-airport-1.1145095Primary Cause
Excessive play in the torsion links and shimmy damper mechanism caused by the shimmy of the left main landing gear.Excessive play in the torsion links and shimmy damper mechanism caused by the shimmy of the left main landing gear.Share on:
