Shaheen B734 at Lahore on Dec 30th 2014, runway excursion
Last Update: December 31, 2014 / 21:21:55 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 30, 2014
Classification
Accident
Cause
Runway excursion
Airline
Shaheen Air International
Flight number
NL-148
Departure
Karachi, Pakistan
Destination
Lahore, Pakistan
Aircraft Registration
AP-BJN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-400
ICAO Type Designator
B734
Airport ICAO Code
OPLA
Lahore's Runway 36R was closed until the aircraft can be moved off the protected area of the runway. Runway 36L continues to operate normally.
The airline reported the aircraft received a bird strike on final approach.
Passengers reported the gear collapsed after touch down during the roll out.
Initial examination of the aircraft revealed evidence of a bird hitting the upper nose gear strut and damaging a nose wheel steering control cable while the aircraft was descending through about 100 feet AGL.
Metars:
OPLA 301155Z 00000KT 1000 BR SCT200 12/09 Q1014/A29.95 BECMG 0800
OPLA 301125Z 12003KT 1500 FU SCT200 12/08 Q1014/A29.95
OPLA 301055Z 00000KT 1500 FU SCT200 12/08 Q1014/A29.95 BECMG 1000 BR
OPLA 301025Z 04003KT 1500 FU SCT200 12/08 Q1014 BECMG 1000 A2995
OPLA 300955Z 09003KT 1000 FU FEW100 12/07 Q1015 BECMG 800
OPLA 300929Z 11003KT 1000 FU FEW100 12/07 Q1015
OPLA 300855Z 11004KT 1000 FU FEW100 12/07 Q1015/A29.99 BECMG 0800
OPLA 300825Z 10004KT 1000 FU FEW100 11/07 Q1016
OPLA 300755Z 09003KT 0800 BR FEW100 10/07 Q1016/A30.03 BECMG 1000 FU
OPLA 300725Z 07003KT 0800 BR FEW100 10/07 Q1016/A30.05
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 30, 2014
Classification
Accident
Cause
Runway excursion
Airline
Shaheen Air International
Flight number
NL-148
Departure
Karachi, Pakistan
Destination
Lahore, Pakistan
Aircraft Registration
AP-BJN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-400
ICAO Type Designator
B734
Airport ICAO Code
OPLA
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