Incident Overview

Date: Friday 23 October 2015
Aircraft Type: Boeing 737-3K2
Owner/operator: Peruvian Airlines
Registration Number: OB-2040-P
Location: Cuzco-Velazco Astete Airport (CUZ) – ÿ Peru
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 139
Component Affected: Main Landing GearMain Landing Gear
Investigating Agency: CIAACIAA
Category: Accident
A Peruvian Airlines flight 216 experienced a right-hand main landing gear collapse during landing rollout at Cuzco-Velazco Astete Airport, Peru. The aircraft’s crew detected a vibration originating from the left main gear shortly after touchdown, followed by partial folding of one actuator. The aircraft was evacuated due to no fire. The incident was attributed to unstable approach and inadequate landing technique at high altitude fields, resulting in increased landing speed, a flare maneuver at higher altitude, and low descent speed, leading to soft contact with the runway and subsequent oscillation of the shock absorbers.A Peruvian Airlines flight 216 experienced a right-hand main landing gear collapse during landing rollout at Cuzco-Velazco Astete Airport, Peru. The aircraft’s crew detected a vibration originating from the left main gear shortly after touchdown, followed by partial folding of one actuator. The aircraft was evacuated due to no fire. The incident was attributed to unstable approach and inadequate landing technique at high altitude fields, resulting in increased landing speed, a flare maneuver at higher altitude, and low descent speed, leading to soft contact with the runway and subsequent oscillation of the shock absorbers.

Description

Peruvian Airlines flight 216 from Lima to Cuzco suffered a right hand main landing gear collapse during landing rollout on runway 28 at Cuzco-Velazco Astete Airport, Peru. Eight seconds after touchdown, the flight crew noted a strong vibration, originating from the left hand main gear. The right main gear subsequently partially folded outwards with one of the actuators separated from its mounts. The aircraft was evacuated on the runway. There was no fire. CAUSE: Unstable approach and inadequate landing technique for high altitude fields, which resulted in increased landing speed, the start of the flare manoeuvre at higher altitude, and low descent speed, which made the OB-2040-P aircraft make soft contact with the runway, causing inefficiency in operation of the shimmy damper, which did not prevent uncontrolled oscillation of the shock absorbers. CONTRIBUTOR FACTORS: – Lack of instruction and training in simulators that include techniques and maneuvers of landing at high altitude fields, with emphasis on speed control at landing. – Lack of a performance analysis process, through the use of flight recorders or other installed data recording equipment and flight parameters, by the operating company, to enable supervision, control and corrective measures in the operational use of its aircraft.

Source of Information

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Primary Cause

Unstable approach and inadequate landing technique for high altitude fields, specifically due to speed control at landing, flare maneuver at higher altitude, and low descent speed.Unstable approach and inadequate landing technique for high altitude fields, specifically due to speed control at landing, flare maneuver at higher altitude, and low descent speed.

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