Incident Overview
Date: Friday 27 July 2018
Aircraft Type: Boeing 767-38EER
Owner/operator: Atlas Air
Registration Number: N641GT
Location: Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, NH (PSM) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 250
Component Affected: Fuselage skinFuselage skin
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
Atlas Air flight 8601, a Boeing 767-300, experienced a hard landing accident at Portsmouth International Airport, New Hampshire, USA. The aircraft was flying U.S. troops home from deployment in the Middle East. It made an intermediate stop in Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, Germany, and subsequently landed on runway 34 at Portsmouth Airport. The landing resulted in fuselage creasing. The probable cause was an improper landing flare technique and a lack of the appropriate bounced landing recovery procedure.Atlas Air flight 8601, a Boeing 767-300, experienced a hard landing accident at Portsmouth International Airport, New Hampshire, USA. The aircraft was flying U.S. troops home from deployment in the Middle East. It made an intermediate stop in Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, Germany, and subsequently landed on runway 34 at Portsmouth Airport. The landing resulted in fuselage creasing. The probable cause was an improper landing flare technique and a lack of the appropriate bounced landing recovery procedure.
Description
Atlas Air flight 8601, a Boeing 767-300, suffered a hard landing accident at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, New Hampshire, USA. The aircraft was flying U.S. troops home from deployment in the Middle East. An intermediate stop was made at Frankfurt-Hahn Airport in Germany, where it departed at 01:14 UTC. The flight made a hard landing on runway 34 at Portsmouth Airport at 08:53 UTC (04:53 local time). The hard landing resulted in the fuselage skin being creased. Probable Cause: an improper landing flare technique and the lack of the appropriate bounced landing recovery procedure.
Primary Cause
Improper landing flare technique and the lack of the appropriate bounced landing recovery procedure.Improper landing flare technique and the lack of the appropriate bounced landing recovery procedure.Share on:
