SAA A346 at Johannesburg on Apr 6th 2019, could not retract left main gear

Last Update: April 10, 2019 / 21:06:34 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 6, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
SA-260

Aircraft Registration
ZS-SNG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600

ICAO Type Designator
A346

A SAA South African Airways Airbus A340-600, registration ZS-SNG performing flight SA-260 from Johannesburg (South Africa) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany) with 287 passengers, was climbing out of Johannesburg's runway 03L when upon retraction of the landing gear the left main gear did not indicate up and locked. The crew stopped the climb at FL150, dumped fuel and returned to Johannesburg. The crew performed an alternate gear extension resulting in a safe gear indication and landed safely on Johannesburg's runway 03L about one hour after departure.

A replacement A340-600 registration ZS-SNH reached Frankfurt with a delay of about 3:20 hours.

According to information The Aviation Herald received the left main gear's shortening mechanism had failed preventing the left main gear strut to fully retract.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Johannesburg about 98 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 6, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
SA-260

Aircraft Registration
ZS-SNG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600

ICAO Type Designator
A346

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