Narrative:
The F-27 landed heavily, bounced and ballooned, rolled steeply to the right and stalled in a nose-down attitude. The nosegear tire burst when the aircraft hit the runway. The aircraft swung and came to rest with the no. 2 engine and right wingtip sheared off.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Improper recovery from a bounced landing."
» Civil aircraft accidents 1976 / Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, CAD, ASD
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Saturday 24 July 1976 |
| Time: | 18:52 |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 100 |
| Operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-DMD |
| MSN: | 10174 |
| First flight: | 1961 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 32677 |
| Cycles: | 27978 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 23 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Bhubaneswar Airport (BBI) ( India)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Bhubaneswar Airport (BBI/VEBS), India |
The F-27 landed heavily, bounced and ballooned, rolled steeply to the right and stalled in a nose-down attitude. The nosegear tire burst when the aircraft hit the runway. The aircraft swung and came to rest with the no. 2 engine and right wingtip sheared off.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Improper recovery from a bounced landing."
Sources:
» Willem Wendt» Civil aircraft accidents 1976 / Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, CAD, ASD
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