Cityjet RJ85 at Florence on Mar 23rd 2016, hard landing and tail strike

Last Update: April 2, 2016 / 22:12:04 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 23, 2016

Classification
Accident

Cause
Hard landing

Airline
Cityjet

Flight number
WX-281

Departure
London City, United Kingdom

Destination
Florence, Italy

Aircraft Registration
EI-RJG

Aircraft Type
AVRO RJ-85 Avroliner

ICAO Type Designator
RJ85

A Cityjet Avro RJ-85, registration EI-RJG performing flight WX-281 from London City,EN (UK) to Florence (Italy), landed on Florence's runway 05 at 13:19L (12:19Z) but touched down hard and struck its tail onto the runway surface. The aircraft rolled out without further incident, there were no injuries, the aircraft received substantial damage however.

The return flight WX-280 was cancelled.

Italy's ANSV reported they dispatched two investigators on site and opened an investigation into the occurrence initially rated a serious incident. On Mar 29th 2016 the ANSV added, that the occurrence has been re-rated as an accident due to the substantial damage.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Florence 10 days later.

Metars:
LIRQ 231350Z VRB06G18KT 9999 SCT045 14/M01 Q0995
LIRQ 231320Z 03009KT 330V110 9999 BKN045 13/01 Q0995
LIRQ 231250Z VRB11G24KT 9999 BKN045 11/01 Q0996
LIRQ 231220Z VRB09KT 9999 BKN040 BKN080 12/01 Q0995
LIRQ 231150Z 01013G29KT 9999 BKN040 BKN080 12/01 Q0995
LIRQ 231120Z VRB09G20KT 9999 BKN040 BKN080 11/01 Q0995
LIRQ 231050Z 02009G19KT 010V090 9999 BKN040 BKN080 12/01 Q0995
LIRQ 231020Z 02008KT 330V070 9999 SCT040 BKN080 11/02 Q0995
LIRQ 230950Z 01010G20KT 320V040 9999 SCT040 BKN080 11/02 Q0995
LIRQ 230920Z 36010KT 300V070 9999 SCT040 BKN080 11/01 Q0995
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 23, 2016

Classification
Accident

Cause
Hard landing

Airline
Cityjet

Flight number
WX-281

Departure
London City, United Kingdom

Destination
Florence, Italy

Aircraft Registration
EI-RJG

Aircraft Type
AVRO RJ-85 Avroliner

ICAO Type Designator
RJ85

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