Incident Overview

Date: Monday 25 June 2007
Aircraft Type: Boeing 737-8AS (WL)
Owner/operator: Ryanair
Registration Number: EI-CSN
Location: Venice-Treviso Airport (TSF) – ÿ Italy
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Minor, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 180
Component Affected: Front wheel axleFront wheel axle
Investigating Agency: ANSVANSV
Category: Accident
Ryanair flight 9513, a Boeing 737-800, experienced a loss of a wheel of the nose landing gear after touchdown at Venice-Treviso Airport, Italy. The aircraft’s speed was approximately 100 knots, and it exhibited a slight leftward yaw. The rollout proceeded without incident, and the aircraft taxied to the stand.Ryanair flight 9513, a Boeing 737-800, experienced a loss of a wheel of the nose landing gear after touchdown at Venice-Treviso Airport, Italy. The aircraft’s speed was approximately 100 knots, and it exhibited a slight leftward yaw. The rollout proceeded without incident, and the aircraft taxied to the stand.

Description

Ryanair flight 9513, a Boeing 737-800, lost a wheel of the nose landing gear shortly after touchdown on runway 07 at Venice-Treviso Airport, Italy. Speed at the time was about 100 knots and the aircraft yawed slightly to the left. The rollout was continued without incident and the aircraft taxied to the stand. It appeared that the nose landing gear axle had failed at 15309 cycles since new, which is 1/5th of its expected lifetime. PROBABLE CAUSE (translated from Italian): The cause of the accident was a breakage of the front wheel axle, which caused the front left wheel to come off during the landing phase. The axle rupture occurred due to a stress corrosion phenomenon triggered by a preliminary generalised corrosion attack in the most stressed area.

Primary Cause

Breakage of the front wheel axle, resulting in the front left wheel coming off during the landing phase.Breakage of the front wheel axle, resulting in the front left wheel coming off during the landing phase.

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