Flybe AT72 at Visby on May 29th 2017, hard landing at 2.9G

Last Update: June 9, 2017 / 21:41:21 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 29, 2017

Classification
Accident

Airline
Flybe

Flight number
SK-81

Destination
Visby, Sweden

Aircraft Registration
G-FBXB

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

A Flybe Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A on behalf of SAS Scandinavian Airlines, registration G-FBXB performing flight SK-81 from Stockholm to Visby (Sweden), landed on Visby's runway 21 at about 16:41L (13:41Z) but touched down hard nose gear first producing about 2.9G vertical acceleration. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained substantial damage however.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Visby until Jun 5th 2017, then performed a gear down ferry flight to Stockholm for further repairs. The aircraft returned to service on Jun 8th 2017.

Metars:
ESSV 291550Z 06010KT CAVOK 14/04 Q1012=
ESSV 291520Z 06008KT CAVOK 15/06 Q1012=
ESSV 291450Z 06007KT CAVOK 15/06 Q1012=
ESSV 291420Z 06007KT CAVOK 16/06 Q1012=
ESSV 291350Z 07009KT CAVOK 16/06 Q1012=
ESSV 291320Z 06011KT CAVOK 16/06 Q1012=
ESSV 291250Z 04013KT CAVOK 15/06 Q1012=
ESSV 291220Z 04014KT CAVOK 16/07 Q1012=
ESSV 291150Z 04016KT CAVOK 15/08 Q1012=
ESSV 291120Z 03016KT CAVOK 16/08 Q1011=
ESSV 291050Z 04019KT CAVOK 15/08 Q1011=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 29, 2017

Classification
Accident

Airline
Flybe

Flight number
SK-81

Destination
Visby, Sweden

Aircraft Registration
G-FBXB

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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