Mahan A306 at Tehran on Jun 6th 2018, tail strike on landing

Last Update: August 6, 2018 / 15:40:37 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 6, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Tail strike on landing

Airline
Mahan Air

Flight number
W5-1019

Departure
Ala'Marvdasht, Iran

Destination
Tehran Mehrabad, Iran

Aircraft Registration
EP-MNK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A300

ICAO Type Designator
A306

A Mahan Air Airbus A300-600, registration EP-MNK performing flight W5-1019 from Ala'Marvdasht to Tehran Mehrabad (Iran) with 121 passengers and 12 crew, landed on Tehran's runway 29L at 17:35L (13:05Z) but struck its tail onto the runway surface. The aircraft rolled out without further incident.

Iran's AIB reported the aircraft sustained minor damage during the tail strike on landing, the occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated.

In their preliminary report in Persian released in August 2018 Iran's AIB reported there were a captain, a first officer and an instructor in the cockpit. The aircraft approached runway 29L normally, but bounced three times which eventually resulted in a tail strike.

The AIB reported that according to studies a go around was still possible after the first bounce.

There was damage to position 77, however, no stringers or frames were damaged (no structural damage), some rivets were cut. The repairs were done by authorized repair facilities.

A final report will be issued in English and French.

Metars:
OIII 061330Z 29014KT 9999 SCT040 36/M02 Q1015 A2998
OIII 061300Z 29018KT 9999 FEW035 FEW040CB 37/M0l Q1015 A2998 NOSIG
OIII 061230Z 27020KT 9999 FEW035 FEW040CB 37/M0l 01015 A2999
OIII 061218Z 26020KT 9999 FEW035 FEW040CB 37/00 Q1015 A2999
OIII 061200Z 26010KT 9999 FEW035 FEW040CB 36/02 Q1016 A3000 NOSIG
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 6, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Tail strike on landing

Airline
Mahan Air

Flight number
W5-1019

Departure
Ala'Marvdasht, Iran

Destination
Tehran Mehrabad, Iran

Aircraft Registration
EP-MNK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A300

ICAO Type Designator
A306

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