Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 22 November 2001
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-8-103B
Owner/operator: Widerøes Flyveselskap
Registration Number: LN-WIG
Location: Bringeland-F?rde Airport –
ÿ Norway
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17
Component Affected: The undercarriage.The undercarriage.
Investigating Agency: HSLBHSLB
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a hard landing from an unstabilized approach, resulting in significant structural damage. Both fuse pins in the undercarriage were bent due to overloading. FDR data indicated a maximum recorded vertical G-load of 4.4 G.An aircraft experienced a hard landing from an unstabilized approach, resulting in significant structural damage. Both fuse pins in the undercarriage were bent due to overloading. FDR data indicated a maximum recorded vertical G-load of 4.4 G.
Description
The aircraft landed hard from an unstabilised approach and suffered extensive structural damage. Both fuse pins in the undercarriage were bent as a result of overloading, but did not fail. FDR data showed that the maximum recorded vertical G-load was 4.4 G.
Primary Cause
Overloading of the aircraft’s undercarriage caused the fuse pins to bend.Overloading of the aircraft’s undercarriage caused the fuse pins to bend.Share on:
