Incident Overview
Description
The aircraft operated a mail transport flight between Buenos Aires and Rosario Airport, Argentina. It took off at 02:10 local time on an IFR flight plan. Arriving near Rosario, the flight crew positioned the aircraft for an instrument approach to runway 19. After touchdown the pilot lowered the nose, which then contacted the runway. The aircraft slid 700 m before coming to a stop. It appeared the main gear was down and locked, but the nose gear had not deployed and the nose gear doors were closed. CAUSE: On a mail transport flight, landing with the nose landing gear leg retracted due to a hydraulic system failure and pilot error in not noticing the gear position and not performing the emergency extension procedure. Contributing factors: – Night and instrument weather flight. – Landing gear alarm out of service.
Primary Cause
Hydraulic system failure leading to gear position error and failure to perform emergency gear extension.Hydraulic system failure leading to gear position error and failure to perform emergency gear extension.Share on:
