Incident Overview
Date: Friday 23 August 2019
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-2T
Owner/operator: Club Tiroler Adler
Registration Number: OK-TIR
Location: Gmunden Airfield –
ÿ Austria
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: Left-hand gear and left-hand lower wing.Left-hand gear and left-hand lower wing.
Category: Accident
An-2 biplane experienced a landing gear collapse during landing at Gmunden Airfield, Austria. The aircraft touched down short of the elevated runway, resulting in gear collapse and subsequent runway deviation.An-2 biplane experienced a landing gear collapse during landing at Gmunden Airfield, Austria. The aircraft touched down short of the elevated runway, resulting in gear collapse and subsequent runway deviation.
Description
The An-2 biplane suffered a landing gear collapse on landing at Gmunden Airfield, Austria. The aircraft sustained damage to the left-hand gear and left-hand lower wing. Videos of the accident show the aircraft touching down just short of the elevated runway, causing the gear to collapse. The aircraft then swung off the runway.
Source of Information
https://www.laumat.at/medienbericht,bruchlandung-eines-kleinflugzeuges-am-flugplatz-in-laakirchen,15870.html, https://www.nachrichten.at/oberoesterreich/bruchlandung-von-propellermaschine-bei-flugplatz-gmunden-laakirchen;art4,3158982, https://www.facebook.com/AviationSafetyNetwork/posts/2703276106363134https://www.laumat.at/medienbericht,bruchlandung-eines-kleinflugzeuges-am-flugplatz-in-laakirchen,15870.html, https://www.nachrichten.at/oberoesterreich/bruchlandung-von-propellermaschine-bei-flugplatz-gmunden-laakirchen;art4,3158982, https://www.facebook.com/AviationSafetyNetwork/posts/2703276106363134Primary Cause
Landing gear collapse during landing.Landing gear collapse during landing.Share on:
