Eurowings Discover A332 at Windhoek on Feb 19th 2023, hard landing

Last Update: February 25, 2023 / 19:07:31 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 19, 2023

Classification
Accident

Cause
Hard landing

Airline
Eurowings Discover

Flight number
4Y-142

Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Destination
Windhoek, Namibia

Aircraft Registration
D-AXGB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

Airport
Hosea Kutako International Airport, Windhoek

Airport ICAO Code
FYWH

An Eurowings Discover Airbus A330-200, registration D-AXGB performing flight 4Y-142 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Windhoek (Namibia), landed on Windhoek's runway 26 at 19:20L (17:20Z) but touched down hard. The aircraft rolled out without further incident.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Windhoek on Feb 24th 2023.

According to information The Aviation Herald received the aircraft sustained substantial damage in a hard landing. Namibia's Authorities have secured the blackboxes and opened an investigation. A maintenance team has been dispatched from Frankfurt to Windhoek.

On Feb 25th 2023 Namibia's DAAII (Directorate of Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation) confirmed the occurrence. The DAAII have opened an investigation into the occurrence, the state of registry Germany, the state of aircraft manufacture France and ICAO have been notified of the occurrence.

Metars:
FYWH 191800Z 30006KT CAVOK 21/04 Q1015 NOSIG=
FYWH 191700Z 30008KT CAVOK 27/05 Q1014 NOSIG=
FYWH 191600Z 32010KT CAVOK 29/04 Q1013 NOSIG=
FYWH 191500Z 30009KT CAVOK 31/08 Q1013 NOSIG=
FYWH 191400Z 32008KT CAVOK 31/09 Q1014 NOSIG=
FYWH 191300Z 36007KT 9999 SCT050 31/10 Q1014 NOSIG=
FYWH 191200Z 34011KT 9999 SCT050 31/09 Q1015 NOSIG=
FYWH 191100Z 34006KT 9999 FEW050 30/09 Q1015 NOSIG=
FYWH 191000Z 05004KT 9999 FEW050 29/08 Q1016 NOSIG=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 19, 2023

Classification
Accident

Cause
Hard landing

Airline
Eurowings Discover

Flight number
4Y-142

Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Destination
Windhoek, Namibia

Aircraft Registration
D-AXGB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

Airport
Hosea Kutako International Airport, Windhoek

Airport ICAO Code
FYWH

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