SATA DH8B at Corvo on Apr 11th 2018, hydraulic leak
Last Update: April 13, 2018 / 20:25:28 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 11, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
SATA Azores Airlines
Flight number
SP-588
Departure
Horta, Portugal
Destination
Corvo, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
CS-TRB
Aircraft Type
De Havilland DHC-8-200 Dash 8
ICAO Type Designator
DH8B
Airport ICAO Code
LPFL
The aircraft was unable to depart for the next sector SP-589 to Horta and subsequently ferried, with gear down, to Flores (Portugal). The aircraft is still on the ground there.
A replacement Dash 8-200 registration CS-TRC positioned to Corvo and performed SP-589 with a delay of 3.5 hours.
Ground observer ZiRo waiting for the outbound flight reported the aircraft landed hard on its left main gear only, bounced, touched down again and rolled out without further incident, then taxied to the apron. The flight SP-589 Corvo-Horta was cancelled due to the aircraft damage. CS-TRB departed for Flores at about 15:15L without retracting the gear.
On Apr 13th 2018 Bombardier (who took over de Havilland) reported: "our Tech Rep has confirmed that no hard landing took place, although the aircraft suffered a hydraulic leak that was exposed once the aircraft was on the ground." When asked whether vertical acceleration could be provided and the bounced landing be confirmed Bombardier added they had no other detail than those told by their Tech representative.
Corvo features a runway 11/29 of 800 meters/2620 feet length.
No weather data are available for Corvo. Metars of the next Azores Island Flores about 12nm south of Corvo read:
Metars:
LPFL 111530Z 35012KT 320V020 9999 FEW020 17/09 Q1025=
LPFL 111500Z 35012KT 9999 FEW020 16/09 Q1025=
LPFL 111430Z 34012KT 300V010 9999 FEW019 16/09 Q1025=
LPFL 111400Z 35015G25KT 9999 FEW019 16/10 Q1025=
LPFL 111330Z 35013KT 310V010 9999 FEW019 16/09 Q1025=
LPFL 111300Z 35017KT 9999 FEW018 16/10 Q1025=
LPFL 111230Z 35016KT 9999 FEW018 16/10 Q1025=
LPFL 111200Z 34015KT 9999 FEW018 16/10 Q1024=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 11, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
SATA Azores Airlines
Flight number
SP-588
Departure
Horta, Portugal
Destination
Corvo, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
CS-TRB
Aircraft Type
De Havilland DHC-8-200 Dash 8
ICAO Type Designator
DH8B
Airport ICAO Code
LPFL
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