Last updated: 19 January 2021
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Thursday 4 April 2019 |
| Time: | 10:56 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 |
| Operator: | Austrian Airlines |
| Registration: | OE-LGM |
| C/n / msn: | 4319 |
| First flight: | 2010 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Innsbruck-Kranebitten Airport (INN) ( Austria)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Wien-Schwechat International Airport (VIE/LOWW), Austria |
| Innsbruck-Kranebitten Airport (INN/LOWI), Austria | |
| Flightnumber: | OS903 |
An Austrian Airlines DHC-8-402Q Dash 8, performing flight OS903, suffered a tailstrike during landing in Innsbruck, Austria.
Due to mountain-wave severe turbulences and gusts were present in the Inn-valley.
The aircraft was repaired and resumed service on June 4, two months after the accident.
Classification:
TailstrikeRunway mishap
Sources:
» BFU19-0350-DX» austrianaviation.net
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Wien-Schwechat International Airport to Innsbruck-Kranebitten Airport as the crow flies is 399 km (250 miles).
Distance from Wien-Schwechat International Airport to Innsbruck-Kranebitten Airport as the crow flies is 399 km (250 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
