Shaheen B734 at Lahore on Dec 30th 2014, runway excursion

Last Update: December 31, 2014 / 21:21:55 GMT/Zulu time

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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
Alama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore

Airport ICAO Code
OPLA

A Shaheen Air Boeing 737-400, registration AP-BJN performing flight NL-148 from Karachi to Lahore (Pakistan) with 172 people on board, landed on Lahore's runway 36R at 15:22L (10:22Z) but veered right off the runway and came to a stop on soft ground with the left hand main gear strut collapsed. There were no injuries, the passengers disembarked through the forward left hand main door via mobile stairs and were bussed to the terminal.

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
Alama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore

Airport ICAO Code
OPLA

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