ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243147
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 April 2003 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro RJ100 |
| Owner/operator: | Swiss |
| Registration: | HB-IXN |
| MSN: | E3286 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1996 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 69 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM) -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH) |
| Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM) | |
| Investigating agency: | Dutch Safety Board |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was en route from Zurich (Switzerland) to Amsterdam. While holding over Amsterdam Airport Schiphol the crew noticed that the elevator trim was blocked although the elevator itself functioned normally. Because it appeared to be impossible to (re)trim the aircraft around its lateral axis the captain decided to issue a ‘MAYDAY’ call to air traffic control (ATC) and to inform the passengers and cabin crew. Due to the expected higher control forces the captain also decided to make a landing without the use of flaps. The consequence of a flapless landing is a substantial higher landing speed with possible damage to tires and brakes. Therefore the crew decided to remain longer in the holding in order to burn more fuel and thus reduce the landing weight, and the captain requested emergency services
near the landing runway. Before landing the passengers and cabin crew were instructed to assume the ‘brace for impact’ position. The landing itself was uneventful but, due to the high landing speed of 186 knots and the subsequent hard braking, the wheel brake temperatures rose to 650 degrees Celsius. The safety plugs in the tires remained intact and the aircraft taxied to the platform without any assistance.
All occupants could safely disembark the aircraft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Dutch Safety Board
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 April 2005 | HB-IXN | Swiss Inernational Air Lines | 0 | Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH) |  |
non |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Sep-2020 13:41 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 26-Sep-2020 11:30 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2020 11:30 | harro | Updated [Damage] |
| 14-Jun-2022 02:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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