Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 26 March 2003
Aircraft Type: Boeing 737-4B6
Owner/operator: Royal Air Maroc – RAM
Registration Number: CN-RNF
Location: Oujda-Les Angades Airport (OUD) –
ÿ Morocco
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 60
Component Affected: Nose gearNose gear
Category: Accident
A Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed on a runway at night, approximately 20 meters left of the runway, due to a nose gear collapse. The aircraft rolled onto the paved surface for several hundred meters before losing control and impacting.A Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed on a runway at night, approximately 20 meters left of the runway, due to a nose gear collapse. The aircraft rolled onto the paved surface for several hundred meters before losing control and impacting.
Description
The aircraft touched down right wing low about 20 metres left of runway 06 at night in 1600 metres visibility. It continued to roll parallel to the runway for several hundred meters before rolling onto the paved surface. The nose gear collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. Some reports say the plane was written off September 16, 2003. Perhaps this is the date that the plane was cancelled from the Moroccan register.
Primary Cause
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