Date: | Sunday 1 November 1987 |
Time: | 06:41 |
Type: | Boeing 737-2A8 |
Owner/operator: | Indian Airlines |
Registration: | VT-EDS |
MSN: | 21164/435 |
Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 61 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bangalore-Hindustan Airport (BLR) -
India
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Madras Airport (MAA/VOMM) |
Destination airport: | Bangalore-Hindustan Airport (BLR/VOBG) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:During takeoff from Madras, the crew heard an unusual noise from the nose landing gear during retraction. The flight continued to Bangalore. While on approach it appeared that the nose gear was not locked down. A low pass at 300 feet was performed. Air traffic control confirmed that the undercarriage was fully down.
Upon landing the crew kept the nose up as far as possible. The nose contacted the runway after a ground run of 4000 feet and the aircraft stopped 1300 feet further on.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Non-locking of the nose landing gear in down position which was most probably due to downwards shifting of the nose landing gear actuator attachment point subsequent to failure of failure of vertical leg of its attachment fitting under fatigue and 'T' section longitudinal beam under stress corrosion cracking."
Sources:
Civil aviation aircraft accident summary for the year 1987 (DGAC India)
History of this aircraft
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