Date: | Friday 3 January 1997 |
Time: | 00:42 |
Type: | Shorts 330-100 |
Owner/operator: | Titan Airways |
Registration: | G-ZAPC |
MSN: | SH.3023 |
Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-45R |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Liverpool International Airport (LPL) -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Exeter Airport (EXT/EGTE) |
Destination airport: | East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) |
Investigating agency: | AAIB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The aircraft took off from Exeter at 22:37 for a flight to East Midlands.
When reaching East Midlands, the RVR was below minima, so the crew elected to hold at 2500 feet over the Lichfield NDB. After 45 minutes the fuel state dictated a diversion to Liverpool.
A LOC DME approach to Liverpool runway 09 was made. Winds were 060deg/8 knots with a visibility of 12 km and a temperature of +1degC.
The aircraft passed the threshold at 88-90 knots and when the aircraft was at 20-30 feet over the runway, it started to sink rapidly.
The Shorts touched down hard on the right main gear, causing it to collapse.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Unknown.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | AAIB |
Report number: | AAIB Bulletin 5/97 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 3 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
CAA Occurrence List F/97/02
Scramble 216
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS); July 1991
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