Dragon A333 at Penang on Sep 16th 2015, hard landing
Last Update: September 21, 2015 / 14:28:51 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 16, 2015
Classification
Accident
Cause
Hard landing
Airline
Dragonair
Flight number
KA-691
Departure
Hong Kong, China
Destination
Penang, Malaysia
Aircraft Registration
B-HLK
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
The aircraft was unable to perform the return flight KA-692 the following morning and is still on the ground in Penang about 106 hours after landing.
A ground observer reported the aircraft touched down with all gear simultaneously, perhaps nose gear first.
The Aviation Herald received information confirming a bounced landing followed by a second very hard touch down nose gear first at 2.8G causing substantial damage to the aircraft.
WMKP 161300Z 04002KT 8000 FEW025 SCT140 BKN260 24/23 Q1008 RETSRA NOSIG
WMKP 161230Z 36002KT 8000 SCT025 SCT140 BKN260 24/23 Q1008 RETSRA NOSIG
WMKP 161200Z 03002KT 7000 -TSRA FEW010 FEW017CB SCT024 BKN260 23/22 Q1007 NOSIG
WMKP 161130Z 36001KT 6000 -TSRA FEW010 FEW017CB SCT023 OVC250 23/22 Q1007 TEMPO 7000 -TSRA
WMKP 161100Z 31007G17KT 4000 -TSRA FEW008 FEW017CB SCT023 OVC250 23/21 Q1006 TEMPO 5000 -TSRA
WMKP 161030Z 21006KT 5000 HZ FEW010 BKN140 BKN270 28/24 Q1006 TEMPO 5000 RA
WMKP 161000Z 22006KT 6000 FEW020 BKN140 BKN270 29/24 Q1005 NOSIG
WMKP 160930Z 21005KT 6000 FEW020 BKN140 BKN270 29/24 Q1005 NOSIG
WMKP 160900Z 22008KT 8000 FEW020 BKN140 BKN270 29/24 Q1005 NOSIG
WMKP 160830Z 20006KT 8000 FEW020 BKN140 BKN270 29/24 Q1005 NOSIG
WMKP 160800Z 20006KT 8000 FEW020 BKN140 BKN270 29/24 Q1005 NOSIG
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 16, 2015
Classification
Accident
Cause
Hard landing
Airline
Dragonair
Flight number
KA-691
Departure
Hong Kong, China
Destination
Penang, Malaysia
Aircraft Registration
B-HLK
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
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