Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 20 September 2001
Aircraft Type: Swearingen SA226-AT Merlin IV
Owner/operator: Max Aviation
Registration Number: C-GWSL
Location: Kuujjuaq-Fort Chimo Airport, QC (YVP) –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: Aircraft nose wheel attachment point and wing area.Aircraft nose wheel attachment point and wing area.
Category: Accident
An approach to Kuujjuaq-Fort Chimo Airport was stable but experienced a rapid deceleration during the flare sequence, leading to a hard touchdown and subsequent structural deformations around the nose wheel attachment point and wings. The aircraft experienced fuel leakage due to the deformations.An approach to Kuujjuaq-Fort Chimo Airport was stable but experienced a rapid deceleration during the flare sequence, leading to a hard touchdown and subsequent structural deformations around the nose wheel attachment point and wings. The aircraft experienced fuel leakage due to the deformations.
Description
The approach to Kuujjuaq-Fort Chimo Airport was stable but slightly below the VASIS descent profile. Just before the flare when power was reduced to idle, the crew was surprised by how rapidly the aircraft decelerated. Touchdown on the runway was hard. After the engines were shut down at the terminal, the crew noted structural deformations around the nose wheel attachment point and on the wings, where the deformations caused fuel to leak. Runway 31 slopes upward 1.3%. The landing was made at twilight, and the runway environment appeared very dark to the crew due to the lack of reflection from the gravel surface.
Primary Cause
Reduced power and subsequent deceleration during the flare sequence.Reduced power and subsequent deceleration during the flare sequence.Share on:
