ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308815
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 February 2023 |
| Time: | 14:40 |
| Type: |  Robin DR.400/140B Major |
| Owner/operator: | Vliegclub Rotterdam |
| Registration: | PH-NSC |
| MSN: | 2611 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rotterdam/The Hague Airport (RTM/EHRD) -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Midden Zeeland Airfield (EHMZ) |
| Rotterdam/The Hague Airport (RTM/EHRD) | |
| Investigating agency: | Dutch Safety Board |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Robin DR400/140B had just landed at Rotterdam/The Hague Airport (RTM) when a fire started in the area of the left-hand main landing gear. The fabric of the left-hand wing then caught fire.
Fire services intervened and contained the fire.
Similar accidents occurred to two other DR.400 aircraft at RTM in 2013 and 2014. The Dutch Safety Board concluded at the time that overheating of the brake disc due to friction between the brake disc and brake pads had occurred. They cited 23 similar occurrences involving DR.400 aircraft between 1988 and 2014.
Sources:
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=484bcd&lat=51.538&lon=3.720&zoom=11.9&showTrace=2023-02-28&trackLabels
Previous Dutch Safety Board report on DR.400 brake fires (in Dutch):
https://aviation-safety.net/reports/2013/20130708_DR40_PH-SPZ.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 October 2020 | PH-NSC | Vliegclub Rotterdam (VCR) | 0 | Rotterdam/The Hague Airport (RTM/EHRD) | |
min |
Media:
Sportvliegtuigje vliegt in brand op Rotterdam The Hague Airport - https://t.co/rC1FsVoGwR pic.twitter.com/egLzFtxTOA
— Havenloods (@Havenloods) February 28, 2023
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-May-2023 01:19 | Ron Averes | Updated |
| 01-Jun-2023 09:20 | harro | Updated |
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