Mistral AT72 at Pantelleria on Sep 11th 2015, dropped nose wheel
Last Update: September 22, 2015 / 14:43:40 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 11, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Mistral Air
Flight number
AZ-1821
Departure
Pantelleria, Italy
Destination
Trapani, Italy
Aircraft Registration
OY-YAB
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
The return flight AZ-1822 was cancelled.
The occurrence aircraft was still on the ground in Trapani about 33 hours after landing and returned to service on Sep 15th 2015.
On Sep 17th 2015 Italy's ANSV reported the occurrence was rated a serious incident, the ANSV has opened an investigation into the loss of one of the nose wheels.
On Sep 22nd 2015 the French BEA reported in their weekly bulletin, that the crew noticed vibrations after rotation for takeoff, tower advised there were some parts "tearing out from aircraft". The aircraft continued to Trapani, the left hand nose wheel was missing. According to the BEA the occurrence was rated an accident and is being investigated by Italy's ANSV.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 11, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Mistral Air
Flight number
AZ-1821
Departure
Pantelleria, Italy
Destination
Trapani, Italy
Aircraft Registration
OY-YAB
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
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