Indigo AT72 at Vijayawada on Mar 28th 2018, tail scrape on landing
Last Update: March 29, 2018 / 14:41:55 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 28, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Indigo Airlines
Flight number
6E-7204
Departure
Bangalore, India
Destination
Vijayawada, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-IYA
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
Airport
Vijayawada Airport
Airport ICAO Code
VOBZ
The airline confirmed the tail of the aircraft contacted the runway surface on landing, the tail bumper was compressed however within acceptable limits, no maintenance was necessary and the aircraft returned to service.
The aircraft departed for its next sector to Hyderabad about one hour after landing and reached Hyderabad with a delay of 35 minutes.
Metars:
VOBZ 280730Z 18005KT 6000 FEW020 36/24 Q1008 NOSIG=
VOBZ 280700Z 23006KT 6000 FEW020 35/24 Q1009 NOSIG=
VOBZ 280630Z 19005KT 6000 FEW020 35/24 Q1010 NOSIG=
VOBZ 280600Z 16005KT 5000 HZ FEW020 34/24 Q1010 NOSIG=
VOBZ 280530Z 20006KT 5000 HZ SCT020 34/24 Q1011 NOSIG=
VOBZ 280500Z 20005KT 5000 HZ SCT020 SCT100 33/24 Q1011 NOSIG=
VOBZ 280430Z 21005KT 5000 HZ SCT020 BKN100 32/24 Q1011 NOSIG=
VOBZ 280400Z 19003KT 5000 HZ SCT020 BKN100 31/25 Q1011 NOSIG=
VOBZ 280330Z 22004KT 4500 BR SCT020 BKN100 29/25 Q1011 BECMG 5000 HZ=
VOBZ 280300Z 12003KT 4500 BR SCT020 BKN100 28/25 Q1011 NOSIG=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 28, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Indigo Airlines
Flight number
6E-7204
Departure
Bangalore, India
Destination
Vijayawada, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-IYA
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
Airport
Vijayawada Airport
Airport ICAO Code
VOBZ
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