Incident Overview
Date: Monday 12 June 1961
Aircraft Type: Vickers 744 Viscount
Owner/operator: All Nippon Airways – ANA
Registration Number: G-APKJ
Location: Osaka-Itami Airport (ITM) –
ÿ Japan
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 49
Component Affected: Right main gear legRight main gear leg
Category: Accident
A Nippon Viscount aircraft experienced a significant incident at Itami Airport due to poor visibility and a steep descending turn. The aircraft lost height rapidly before touchdown, resulting in the collapse of the right main gear leg.A Nippon Viscount aircraft experienced a significant incident at Itami Airport due to poor visibility and a steep descending turn. The aircraft lost height rapidly before touchdown, resulting in the collapse of the right main gear leg.
Description
Visibility was poor at Itami when the All Nippon Viscount approached the airport. A steep descending turn at 1000 feet, half a mile short of the runway, had to be made to line up with runway 32. Immediately before touchdown the plane lost height rapidly and landed heavily, causing the right hand main gear leg to collapse.
Primary Cause
Poor visibility and a steep descending turn at 1000 feet led to a rapid loss of altitude and subsequent landing, causing the main gear leg to collapse.Poor visibility and a steep descending turn at 1000 feet led to a rapid loss of altitude and subsequent landing, causing the main gear leg to collapse.Share on:
