Baltic BCS3 at Zurich on Mar 20th 2025, nose gear trouble on departure
Last Update: March 20, 2025 / 20:14:32 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 20, 2025
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Baltic
Flight number
LX-2250
Departure
Zurich, Switzerland
Destination
Budapest, Hungary
Aircraft Registration
YL-AAV
Aircraft Type
Airbus A220-300
ICAO Type Designator
BCS3
The airline reported the landing was uneventful, however, the aircraft could not taxi to the apron due to a nose gear malfunction.
The airport reported due to the aircraft on runway 14 landings are currently done on runway 16.
According to information The Aviation Herald received, a landing gear system malfunction occurred triggering a master caution once airborne. After landing smoke was observed from the right hand main gear. Preliminary post flight examination indicates that a loss of hydraulic fluid from the shock absorber had occurred causing a malfunction, a number of detached parts were recovered from the departure runway.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 20, 2025
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Baltic
Flight number
LX-2250
Departure
Zurich, Switzerland
Destination
Budapest, Hungary
Aircraft Registration
YL-AAV
Aircraft Type
Airbus A220-300
ICAO Type Designator
BCS3
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