Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 12 February 2000
Aircraft Type: Airbus A300B4-203
Owner/operator: Air Afrique
Registration Number: TU-TAT
Location: Dakar-Yoff Airport (DKR) –
ÿ Senegal
Phase of Flight: Taxi
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 182
Component Affected: Left Main GearLeft Main Gear
Category: Accident
A flight experienced a critical incident due to a left main gear failure during taxiing to the runway for a Paris departure. The crew elected to return to the parking area, resulting in the retraction of the left main gear and subsequent engine strike, leading to a fire and subsequent evacuation.A flight experienced a critical incident due to a left main gear failure during taxiing to the runway for a Paris departure. The crew elected to return to the parking area, resulting in the retraction of the left main gear and subsequent engine strike, leading to a fire and subsequent evacuation.
Description
Taxiing to the runway for a departure to Paris, the left main gear unsafe alarm sounded. The crew elected to return to the parking area. While taxiing back, the left main gear retracted, causing the no. 1 engine to strike the ground. A fire broke out in the vicinity of this engine and the aircraft was quickly evacuated. PROBABLE CAUSE: A crossing of the flexible tubing of the hydraulic connection controlling the locking of the left gear.
Primary Cause
A crossing of the flexible tubing of the hydraulic connection controlling the locking of the left gear.A crossing of the flexible tubing of the hydraulic connection controlling the locking of the left gear.Share on:
