Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 16 October 1973
Aircraft Type: Boeing 707-327C
Owner/operator: Trans Mediterranean Airways – TMA
Registration Number: OD-AFX
Location: Bombay-Santacruz Airport (BOM) –
ÿ India
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: Main wheel tiresMain wheel tires
Category: Accident
An aircraft carrying cargo from Bombay to Beirut experienced a significant incident due to a runway boundary wall collision. The aircraft’s late takeoff was caused by exceeding its maximum allowed weight and an incorrect trim setting resulting from a calculation error. The aircraft sustained substantial damage, including tire damage and passenger injuries. The incident involved a wheel detachment and impact with a passenger bus.An aircraft carrying cargo from Bombay to Beirut experienced a significant incident due to a runway boundary wall collision. The aircraft’s late takeoff was caused by exceeding its maximum allowed weight and an incorrect trim setting resulting from a calculation error. The aircraft sustained substantial damage, including tire damage and passenger injuries. The incident involved a wheel detachment and impact with a passenger bus.
Description
The aircraft was operating a cargo flight from Bombay to Beirut. While taking off from Bombay Airport the port main landing gears hit the blast fence and the boundary wall located at the end of the runway. The late takeoff of the aircraft was due to the aircraft having been overloaded beyond the maximum authorised all-up-weight under the prevailing weather conditions and incorrect trim setting due to wrong calculation of the Mean Aerodynamic Chord. All the persons on board escaped unhurt but the aircraft was substantially damaged. However, the starboard main wheel tyres after getting detached hit a passenger bus on the road adjacent to the boundary wall, damaging the bus and injuring two persons travelling in it.
Primary Cause
Incorrect trim setting and overloaded aircraft weight due to adverse weather conditions.Incorrect trim setting and overloaded aircraft weight due to adverse weather conditions.Share on:
