Accident de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 VT-SUC,

Date:	Friday 4 December 2015
Time:	19:15
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8
Owner/operator:	SpiceJet
Registration:	VT-SUC
MSN:	4377
Year of manufacture:	2011
Total airframe hrs:	11928 hours
Cycles:	11214 flights
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 53
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Jabalpur Airport (JLR) - India
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM/VABB)
Destination airport:	Jabalpur Airport (JLR/VAJB)
Investigating agency:	AAIB India
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A DHC-8-400 operated by SpiceJet sustained damage in a landing accident at Jabalpur Airport (JLR), India.
The aircraft took-off from Mumbai for Jabalpur at around 12:00 UTC. The enroute part of the flight was uneventful. ATC Jabalpur cleared the aircraft for landing on runway 06. The aircraft landed on runway 06 and a few seconds after touch down at around 13:52 UTC the aircraft hit wild boars on the runway. One of the wild boars impacted the left hand main landing gear, causing it to collapse. The aircraft started drifting towards left of the runway. Thereafter the aircraft exited the runway on the left side and entered into soft ground. All the passengers were evacuated safely from the right hand side. There was no injury to any
of the occupants and there was no fire.

Probable cause of the accident: "The aircraft during its landing roll had a wild life (Wild Boars) strike on the runway, resulting in collapse of left main landing gear and subsequently the aircraft veered to the left of the runway.
Contributory factor:
The presence of wild life in the operational area and the runway was due to several breaches in the boundary wall."

Accident investigation: