Tahiti AT72 at Tubuai on Jan 29th 2020, tail strike on landing
Last Update: January 31, 2020 / 20:29:16 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 29, 2020
Classification
Accident
Cause
Tail strike on landing
Airline
Air Tahiti
Flight number
VT-939
Departure
Rurutu, French Polynesia
Destination
Tubuai, French Polynesia
Aircraft Registration
F-ORVI
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
The airline confirmed the tail of the aircraft touched down before the main wheels resulting in a hard landing. Rain and gusts may have contributed. There were no injuries, the aircraft needs to be examined however. A replacement aircraft was dispatched to Tubuai to complete the next sector of the flight to Papeete (French Polynesia).
A replacement ATR-72-212A regiatration F-ORVT reached Papeete with a delay of about 8 hours.
On Jan 31st 2020 the airline told The Aviation Herald that their "ATR 72-212A F-ORVI has encountered a "tail bumper touch down" at landing in Tubuai airport caused by gust winds". The vertical acceleration was measured at +1.77G (at 22 tons landing weight) and thus did not exceed the hard landing limit +2.3G (at 22 tons). The structure under the floor panels was examined with no damage found. A sensor was replaced and the aircraft was released back to service.
No weather data are available for NTAT (Tubuai).
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 29, 2020
Classification
Accident
Cause
Tail strike on landing
Airline
Air Tahiti
Flight number
VT-939
Departure
Rurutu, French Polynesia
Destination
Tubuai, French Polynesia
Aircraft Registration
F-ORVI
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
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