THY A321 at Dusseldorf on Jan 16th 2018, problems with nose gear

Last Update: January 16, 2018 / 21:20:40 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 16, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
THY Turkish Airlines

Flight number
TK-1523

Departure
Istanbul, Turkey

Destination
Dusseldorf, Germany

Aircraft Registration
TC-JRT

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

Airport
Düsseldorf International Airport, Düsseldorf

Airport ICAO Code
EDDL

A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration TC-JRT performing flight TK-1523 from Istanbul (Turkey) to Dusseldorf (Germany) with 175 people on board, had departed Istanbul's runway 17R. The aircraft was descending towards Dusseldorf when the crew advised of possible problems with the nose gear. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Dusseldorf's runway 23L and stopped on the runway.

The aircraft was towed off the runway about 80 minutes after landing. About 2 hours after after being towed off the runway the aircraft was able to depart for the return flight.

The airport reported the crew advised of possible nose gear problems while descending towards Dusseldorf. The aircraft landed without further incident. Ground operations had to be halted due to a thunderstorm around that time.

A passenger reported the approach into Dusseldorf was quite bumpy due to stormy weather and the touch down was quite hard. Instead of turning the aircraft off the runway the aircraft stopped on the runway, the captain indicated they needed to be towed off the runway due to damage to the nose gear that apparently happened during departure from Istanbul. Some time later the captain announced, the damage to the nose gear prevented a tow via any tow vehicle (via towbar or by lifter). The passengers disembarked via stairs onto the runway and were bussed to the terminal. The passenger believed while seeing the nose gear during disembarking that the nose gear was twisted by about 60-70 degrees.

Metars:
EDDL 161050Z 27013KT 9999 -SHRA SCT012 FEW025TCU SCT045 04/02 Q0993 NOSIG=
EDDL 161020Z 28020G30KT 7000 -SHRA FEW013 SCT025CB BKN045 03/02 Q0993 RETS NOSIG=
EDDL 160950Z 27024G35KT 9999 -TSRA FEW013 SCT025CB BKN045 05/02 Q0992 RESHRA BECMG NSW=
EDDL 160920Z 25022G34KT 210V280 9999 -SHRA FEW020 SCT025TCU BKN045 07/03 Q0991 TEMPO TSRA=
EDDL 160850Z 24020KT 9999 FEW020 SCT045 07/04 Q0991 TEMPO SHRA=
EDDL 160820Z 22014KT 9999 FEW020 BKN040 07/04 Q0991 NOSIG=
EDDL 160750Z 24013KT 9999 FEW020 FEW025TCU BKN040 07/04 Q0991 NOSIG=
EDDL 160720Z 24011KT 9999 -SHRA SCT025TCU BKN040 06/04 Q0991 NOSIG=
EDDL 160650Z 23014KT 9999 FEW025 SCT040 07/03 Q0991 NOSIG=
EDDL 160620Z 23016KT 9999 FEW025 SCT040 07/04 Q0991 NOSIG=
EDDL 160550Z 23015KT 9999 FEW025 SCT040 06/04 Q0991 NOSIG=