Eurowings Discover A332 at Windhoek on Feb 19th 2023, hard landing
Last Update: March 30, 2023 / 17:13:25 GMT/Zulu time
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 ICAO Code
FYWH
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.
On Mar 30th 2023 Namibia's DAAII released their preliminary report summarizing the sequence of events:
The flight performed a stabilized approach in good weather conditions. The tlare was initiated late and the aircraft touched down hard. The landing was performed by the first officer who was on his first flight on the A330 following the initial type rating.
DAAII is investigating this occurrence and will focus on: operational factors, human perfonnance, air traffic control, and On Board Recorders i.e. Digital Flight data recorders (DFDR), Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVR) and the Quick Access Recorder (QAR). Parties to the investigation include the Bundesstelle fur Flugunfalluntersuchung German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU), Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses (BEA-France ), EW Discover GmbH, Airbus, Lufthansa.
On the 20th of February 2023, the DAAll investigator in charge did a preliminary investigation on the ajrcraft's landing gear and airframe and no visible damage was detected. A QAR download was initiated however the interface download could not be performed.
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 ICAO Code
FYWH
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