ASN Aircraft accident Fokker 100 D-AFKE Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport (STR)
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Status:Information verified through authorities or other official sources.
Date:Monday 14 September 2009
Time:10:47
Type:Silhouette image of generic F100 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Fokker 100
Operator:Contact Air Flugdienst
Registration: D-AFKE
MSN: 11505
First flight: 1995-11-08 (13 years 10 months)
Total airframe hrs:31468
Cycles:33543
Engines: 2 Rolls-Royce Tay 650-15
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 73
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 78
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Aircraft fate: Repaired
Location:Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport (STR) (   Germany)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Berlin-Tegel Airport (TXL/EDDT), Germany
Destination airport:Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport (STR/EDDS), Germany
Flightnumber: 288
Narrative:
A Fokker 100 passenger jet was damaged following an emergency landing with a retracted main landing gear. Lufthansa flight LH288 departed Berlin-Tegel Airport (TXL) at 08:44 on a domestic flight to Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport (STR). The flight was operated by Contact Air, a Lufthansa Regional franchise partner.
On approach to Stuttgart the main undercarriage failed to deploy. After several unsuccessful attempts to unlock the gear, the pilot then decided to carry out an emergency landing with just the nose gear extended. The airplane had just been acquired by Contact Air, entering service on 1 September 2009.

Classification:
Gear-up landing
Forced landing on runway

Sources:
» BFU
» Contact Air


Photos

photo of Fokker-100-D-AFKE
accident date: 14-09-2009
type: Fokker 100
registration: D-AFKE
 

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 Berlin-Tegel Airport to Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport as the crow flies is 513 km (321 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.

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.
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