Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
Date: | Wednesday 2 December 2020 |
Time: | 06:25 UTC |
Type: | Boeing 737-529 |
Operator: | Air Djibouti |
Registration: | EY-560 |
MSN: | 26538/2298 |
First flight: | 1992-05-20 (28 years 7 months) |
Total airframe hrs: | 42964 |
Engines: | 2 CFMI CFM56-3B1 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 31 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 39 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Garowe Airport (GGR) ( Somalia)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Hargeisa Airport (HGA/HCMH), Somalia |
Destination airport: | Garowe Airport (GGR/HCMW), Somalia |
Narrative:An Air Djibouti Boeing 737-529, EY-560, suffered a right-hand main landing gear collapse on landing at Garowe Airport, Puntland, Somalia.
The aircraft operated on a flight from Djibouti to Mogadishu, Somalia, with en route stops at Hargeisa and Garowe. The pilot conducted a visual approach and the aircraft was stable. At low altitude the aircraft experienced a windshear and hit the runway hard.
Probable Cause:
The root cause of the accident is loss of control of aircraft.
The contributory factor was windshear.
Classification:
Landing gear collapse
Runway mishap
Sources:
» Air Djibouti
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twitter.com/MoradNews» AAIB Somalia Report No. AI-004
Photos
accident date:
02-12-2020type: Boeing 737-529
registration: EY-560
Video, social media
Map
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 Hargeisa Airport to Garowe Airport as the crow flies is 504 km (315 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.