THY A320 at Istanbul on Apr 25th 2015, hard landing, go-around, engine problem, gear problem, gear collapse, runway excursion

Last Update: April 28, 2015 / 22:39:37 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 25, 2015

Classification
Accident

Cause
Runway excursion

Airline
THY Turkish Airlines

Flight number
TK-1878

Departure
Milan Malpensa, Italy

Destination
Istanbul, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
TC-JPE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration TC-JPE performing flight TK-1878 from Milan Malpensa (Italy) to Istanbul (Turkey) with 97 people on board, landed on Istanbul Ataturk Airport's runway 05 at 10:22L (07:22Z) but rolled right just before touchdown causing the right engine and wing to contact the runway and a hard touch down. The crew initiated a go-around, then declared emergency due to an engine (V2527) inoperative. The crew subsequently reported an unsafe gear indication. The aircraft positioned for an emergency landing on runway 35L, touched down about 20 minutes after the go around, but with the right main gear collapsed the aircraft skidded on its right engine, with sparks and smoke trailing the engine, and veered right off the runway spinning nearly 180 degrees. The aircraft was evacuated via slides while emergency services started to spray the aircraft. There were no injuries, the aircraft received substantial damage to the right hand main gear, right hand engine and its pylon as well as to leading and trailing edge high lift devices at the right hand wing.

The airline confirmed the aircraft went off the runway during an emergency landing, the 97 passenges have been safely evacuated, there are no injuries.

A passenger reported the aircraft was on its first approach to Ataturk's Airport uneventfully until about 100 feet AGL when the aircraft suddenly rolled heavily to the right and fell down onto the runway, while on the ground the aircraft was still tilted to the right, the engines accelerated and the aircraft became airborne again, the passenger thought the right main gear had collapsed at that point already. While positioning for the second approach another passenger yelled "Fire". Cabin crew instructed the passengers to brace for landing. The second touchdown was smooth, however, there were scraping sounds from the right, the passenger did not notice a gear collapse during roll out, only after the aircraft had slowed significantly the aircraft began to veer to the right. The doors were opened, passengers directed to the left forward and right rear doors for evacuation, when the right hand overwing exits were opened foam from the fire engines entered the cabin. About 5 minutes after landing busses arrived and took the passengers to the terminal.

The French BEA reported in their weekly bulletin of Apr 28th 2015 quoting Turkish Authorities, that the aircraft landed very hard causing damage to the right hand main gear and engine, the crew conducted a go around and landed, the right main gear collapsed and the aircraft came to a stop at the runway egde. The Turkish Accident Investigation Board is investigating the accident.

Metars:
LTBA 250920Z 24007KT CAVOK 15/07 Q1020 NOSIG
LTBA 250850Z 23007KT CAVOK 16/06 Q1020 NOSIG
LTBA 250820Z 22006KT 200V260 CAVOK 15/06 Q1020 NOSIG
LTBA 250750Z 20004KT 160V240 CAVOK 15/07 Q1020 NOSIG
LTBA 250720Z 17005KT 140V200 CAVOK 15/05 Q1020 NOSIG
LTBA 250650Z 15008KT CAVOK 16/04 Q1020 NOSIG
LTBA 250620Z 15009KT CAVOK 16/03 Q1020 NOSIG
LTBA 250550Z 18004KT 150V230 CAVOK 14/05 Q1020 NOSIG
LTBA 250520Z 17004KT 120V240 CAVOK 13/07 Q1020 NOSIG
LTBA 250450Z VRB01KT CAVOK 12/08 Q1020 NOSIG
LTBA 250420Z VRB02KT CAVOK 11/08 Q1020 NOSIG

The landing of TK-1878 (Video: TezGroup)

Another video of the landing, also watch last 40 seconds (Video: Skyrhn Hürku)