Date: | Wednesday 7 August 1996 |
Time: | 10:58 |
Type: | IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-8 Islander |
Owner/operator: | Unknown |
Registration: | VH-FCO |
MSN: | 845 |
Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Horn Island Airport, QLD (HID) ? -
Australia
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | BASI |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Maintenance personnel reported finding significant damage to the left main landing gear, as the aircraft was being loaded for the return sector of a charter flight at Horn Island, Queensland, Australia. The nature of the damage was consistent with a previous heavy landing. The two pilot operating crew advised that the previous flight sector was uneventful with a normal landing.
A company investigation has been unable to determine when the damage occurred. The aircraft was removed from service for repair.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | BASI |
Report number: | 199603697 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 5 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
1 September 1995 |
VH-FCO |
Unknown |
0 |
Murray Island Airport, QLD (MYI) |
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sub |
Runway mishap |
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