Caledonie AT72 at Ouvea on Dec 19th 2024, tail strike on landing
Last Update: January 7, 2025 / 16:38:15 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 19, 2024
Classification
Accident
Cause
Tail strike on landing
Airline
Air Caledonie
Departure
Noumea, New Caledonia
Destination
Ouvea, New Caledonia
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
The French BEA, investigating the occurrence, reported the aircraft received unknown damage, there was at least one minor injury. The BEA stated the tail number of the aircraft involved was F-OZKN, however, according to ADS-B data the aircraft has not been near Ouvea all day (both local time and UTC), the aircraft had last been in Ouvea on Dec 17th 2024 and flew to Ouvea again on Dec 22nd 2024.
According to ADS-B data both flights to and from Ouvea (TY-307/308, later TY-317/318) were done by F-OZNO on Dec 19th 2024. F-OZNO performed the return flight TY-318 the same day on schedule, but then remained on the ground in Noumea for about 22.5 hours, then performed a flight TY-7201 from Noumea to Noumea and subsequently remained on the ground in Noumea for 3 days before returning to service.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 19, 2024
Classification
Accident
Cause
Tail strike on landing
Airline
Air Caledonie
Departure
Noumea, New Caledonia
Destination
Ouvea, New Caledonia
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
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