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Monday, September 20, 2004

Accidents and Incidents

DATE/SITE AIRCRAFT & REGN CIRCUMSTANCES DEATH & INJURY PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/200904.htm
25 Aug. Venice, Florida Citation II of GrafAir Undercarriage collapsed on landing (in a microburst) at Venice Municipal A/P. Nil 3 o/b N792MA. Wing damage, fuel leak after stall in flare (arr fm Ft. Pierce, Fla.)
31 Aug. El Paso Intl. 727 of Custom Air Transport Flight CTT145 received minor damage (right wingtip hit runway on landing). Nil / 3 crew Chihuaha - El Paso, Texas.
01 Sept. Minneapolis, Mn. CRJ of Mesaba Airlines Evac'd on taxiway due to smoke in the cabin (hydraulic mist from a leak). 1 inj / 44 pax Hydraulic mist under pressure is flammable. Flight headed Fargo, N.D.
01 Sept. 1936L Glasgow, Scotland 737 of Air Malta KM-197 Malta bound 9H-AER returned after hyd-leak (2 tires burst during take-off). Nil / 143 pax (bursting tires damaged hydraulic lines) Toe-brakes off = heels to floor.
01 Sept. 0940L Beijing Intl. A330-300 of Malaysian Flt MH371 cx after a foreign object was sucked into #2 eng on taxi-out. Nil 183 pax Beijing-Kuala Lumpur. Left 6 hrs later on a replacement a/c.
02 Sept. 1330L Stuttgart, Germany 737-300 of Lufthansa Emergency landing Stuttgart after smoke appeared in the cockpit. Nil / 107 + 5 crew Frankfurt-Lyon flight.
02 Sept. morning Beirut Intl. Lebanon A300-600 of Lufthansa Returned following an inflight shutdown of #1 eng 35 mins after t/off. Nil / 260 o/b No further details.
02 Sept. Manchester, UK F27 freighter of Channel Express GPU caught fire during cargo a/c unloading - so crew was evacuated. Nil Fire-crews shut down, extinguished and removed the Ground Power Unit.
04 Sept. Heathrow, UK A340-200 of South African Airways ZS-SLA arrived with a hyd fail (green sys O-ring in rt main) & closed down runway 27L for an extended period. Nil No tow-bar available and ropes had to be rigged to hold gear-doors clear of ground (no center-gear extension).
04 Sept. Zurich, Switzerland A340 of Sri Lankan Eng #4 failed at V1 r/way 16. Smoke advised by ATC. A/c dumped & returned. Nil 35 mins for fuel dumping - see imagery (URL above).
04 Sept. Manchester, UK 757-200 of Britannia A/c diverted into Manchester after the left hydraulic system failed. Nil BY117B (Ibiza to Bristol, UK)
05 Sept. Zurich, Switzerland A340-300 of Sri Lankan Eng failure at high speed on t/off runway 16. Dumped fuel and returned Nil See 13 Sept. 04 imagery page 4 of 5
06 Sept. 2120L Lahore, Pakistan A300 of Pakistan Intl. Flt: PK743 Lahore-Riyadh flt returned after a nasty inflight engine fire after take-off. Nil / 214 + 15crew Landed back 2138L. Pax arrived King Khaled Intl A/P Riyadh on PK404.
06 Sept. 0700L Eket Lagos, Nigeria Beech 1900D of Wings Aviation FN-PIL abort overshot flooded r'way by >1000ft (loss of control on take-off). Nil / 10 o/b A Nigerian State Governor (Viktor Attah) was aboard - bound for Abuja.
07 Sept. Prestwick, Scotland DC10 of Northwest A/c diverted in due to a cargo hold fire indication. Nil / 280 o/b Minneapolis St. Paul Minnesota to Gatwick (resumed flt after 3 hours).
07 Sept. Roanoke, Va. ERJ135 of American Eagle Flt 4732 made an emerg landing after smoke reported - cabin and cockpit. Nil / 33 pax Columbus, Oh., to Raleigh, N.C. (most pax completed their journey by bus).
08 Sept. 149 51E 25 00S KingAir B300 Reg: VH-KJD Australian Air Safety Bureau is appealing for help locating a/c door lost at this location. Nil Not an open and shut case (in fact 1.5m x 0.8m x 15cm). Fell from 17,000ft.
08 Sept. Entebbe, Uganda 767-300 of BA Re: G-BNWI Eng ran down at 21,500ft on climb so a/c dumped center tank and returned. Nil / 177 pax BA062 Low oil press/gear-box failure. 3 tires deflated due to thermal plugs.
08 Sept. Larnaca, Cyprus 757-300 of Thomas Cook Port brake fire after a high speed abort for an unspecified engine fault. Nil / 275 +8 crew TCX50L pax flown out on another a/c next day at 1920L for Manchester UK
10 Sept. 0540L George S. Africa Metro II freighter Landed short of r/way 29 in a field after bird-ingestion (port Garrett eng). 2 inj / 2 o/b Arrival from Bloemfontain. A/c severely damaged but salvageable.
11 Sept. Aegean Sea Greece Chinook helo of Greek Army Sqdn. Crashed into the sea 5.5 nms off the Halkidiki Peninsula - assume accident. 17 fatal / 17 o/b VIP was the 2nd most senior figure in the Greek Orthodox Church.
13 Sept. 1650L Haneda, Japan A321 of ANA Flt: 647 Pilot aborted take-off for Kumamoto with problem in the starboard engine. Nil / 201 o/b ATC initially identified a visible fire in the right engine.
14 Sept. ~1640L Under LAX Control 757 of UPS Louisville to Orange county TCAS'd & airmissed a Cessna by less than 100ft vertically and 1.7nm horizontally (closest pt of approach). Nil One of 5 close calls due to chaos caused by a 3 hour ATC radio outage that affected 400 a/c in the West U.S.
14 Sept. ~1640L under LAX Control 757 of NWA TCAS'd & airmissed a Gulfstream jet within 900ft and less than a mile horiz. Nil Detroit to San Diego flight had TCAS RA avoidance issue due to no comms.
14 Sept. 1930L Pocatello, Idaho 727 of FedEx A/c declared an emergency for cargo-hold fire indication and diverted in. Nil / 3 o/b No further details.
15 Sept. 0752L Evansville, Indiana Beech King Air Gear collapsed on landing after arrival from Louisville, Ky. Nil / 8 o/b Extensively damaged (possibly a gear-up landing).
15 Sept. Goteborg, Sweden 737 of Blue Scandinavia Landed Landvetter A/P after heavy smoke filled the cabin 10 mins outbnd. Nil / 198 o/b Galley ovens.
1 Air carrier accidents or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries. 2 DISCLAIMER: These assessments are not intended to assert probable cause or liability, but rather are intended to provide insight pending publication of a final report of investigation. Preliminary analysis by John Sampson - International Aviation Safety Association (IASA).

 

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