Vladivostok A320 at Khabarovsk on Jul 30th 2012, unsafe gear after departure
Last Update: September 5, 2012 / 20:54:14 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 30, 2012
Classification
Incident
Cause
Unsafe gear
Airline
Vladivostok Avia
Flight number
XF-4642
Departure
Khabarovsk, Russia
Destination
Novosibirsk, Russia
Aircraft Registration
VQ-BFM
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Radar data show that the aircraft has not flown since (standing Sep 5th 20:00Z) for more than a month indicating the aircraft had received substantial damage.
On Sep 5th 2012 The Aviation Herald learned a special maintenance team was dispatched to Khabarovsk to repair damage following a hard landing.
On Jul 30th 2012 Russia's Civil Aviation Authority Rosaviatsia had confirmed the return of VQ-BFM to Khabarosvk after the gear could not be fully retracted and reported a safe landing following the return, so far there was no follow up.
Prior to flight XF-4642 returning to Khabarovsk the aircraft had flown flight XF-4611 (dep Jul 30th) from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk to Vladivsostok (Russia) and flight XF-4642 from Vladivstostok to Khabarovsk (Russia) landing in Khabarovsk at 18:00L (07:00Z), all departures and arrivals on schedule.
Metars:
UHHH 301230Z 04007G10MPS 5000 -SHRA SCT005 OVC019CB 17/17 Q1002 NOSIG RMK QBB170 QFE745/0993 M 55290045=
UHHH 301200Z 05008MPS 3200 -SHRA SCT005 OVC020CB 17/17 Q1002 NOSIG=
UHHH 301130Z 05006MPS 3200 -SHRA SCT005 OVC020CB 18/18 Q1002 NOSIG RMK QBB160 QFE745/0993 M 55290045=
UHHH 301100Z 05007MPS 3200 -SHRA BKN005 OVC020CB 18/18 Q1001 TEMPO TSRA=
UHHH 301030Z 07008G11MPS 3200 -SHRA BKN005 OVC020CB 18/18 Q1001 TEMPO TSRA RMK QBB160 QFE744/0993 M 4 130-16 0 10-15 55290045=
UHHH 301000Z 07008G11MPS 3200 -SHRA BKN005 OVC020CB 18/18 Q1001 TEMPO TSRA=
UHHH 300930Z 07007G10MPS 3200 -SHRA BKN005 OVC020CB 18/18 Q1001 NOSIG RMK QBB170 QFE744/0992 M 55290045=
UHHH 300900Z 07007G10MPS 3200 -SHRA BKN005 OVC020CB 18/17 Q1000 NOSIG=
UHHH 300830Z 07008MPS 2500 -SHRA BKN005 OVC018CB 17/17 Q1000 NOSIG RMK QBB160 QFE744/0992 M 55290045=
UHHH 300800Z 07006MPS 1900 SHRA BKN005 OVC019CB 17/17 Q1001 NOSIG=
UHHH 300730Z 07006G09MPS 1900 SHRA BKN005 OVC018CB 17/17 Q1001 NOSIG RMK QBB160 QFE744/0992 M 55290045=
UHHH 300700Z 07007G10MPS 1900 SHRA BKN005 OVC018CB 17/17 Q1000 NOSIG=
UHHH 300630Z 07006MPS 2500 -SHRA BKN005 OVC019CB 17/17 Q1001 NOSIG RMK QBB160 QFE744/0992 M 55290045=
UHHH 300600Z 08009MPS 3200 -SHRA SCT005 BKN020CB OVC100 17/17 Q1001 NOSIG=
UHHH 300530Z 07009MPS 3200 -SHRA SCT005 BKN020CB OVC100 18/18 Q1001 NOSIG RMK QBB160 QFE744/0993 M 55290045=
UHHH 300500Z 05007MPS 6000 -SHRA SCT005 BKN021CB OVC100 18/18 Q1001 NOSIG RMK QBB160 QFE744/0993 M 55290045=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 30, 2012
Classification
Incident
Cause
Unsafe gear
Airline
Vladivostok Avia
Flight number
XF-4642
Departure
Khabarovsk, Russia
Destination
Novosibirsk, Russia
Aircraft Registration
VQ-BFM
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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