Jetblue E190 at Nassau on Mar 25th 2016, nose gear up landing
Last Update: January 21, 2021 / 10:35:42 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 25, 2016
Classification
Accident
Airline
Jetblue
Flight number
B6-29
Departure
Washington National, United States
Destination
Nassau, Bahamas
Aircraft Registration
N273JB
Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190
ICAO Type Designator
E190
On Jun 13th 2016 Germany's BFU reported they are assisting the investigation into the accident representing the state of manufacture of an assembly of the aircraft. During landing the nose gear folded back, the aircraft skidded over the runway and received substantial damage.
On Apr 30th 2019 Bahama's e Air Accident Investigation Department (BAAID) released their final report, 6 pages long, concluding the probable cause of the accident was:
The Air Accident Investigation Department has determined the probable cause of this accident to be system component failure or malfunction within the nose landing gear operating system. Analysis conducted uncovered that the nose gear was not centered during its transit to the down position, causing the gear to become jammed and never fully extended.
The BAAID summarized the sequence of events:
On 25th March, 2016 at approximately 4:30pm local time, an Embraer 190-100 aircraft registration N273JB inbound from Washington, DC had experience a System/Component failure or malfunction (SCF-NP) at LPIA, Nassau, Bahamas ATC was notified. The pilots acknowledge the nose landing gear was not fully extended, then performed a go around maneuver and made numerous attempts to lower the gear (as per emergency checklist). The decision was then made by flight crew to land the aircraft in the configuration that it was jammed in (two green-both mains down and locked, nose gear no green– in transit). The aircraft slid down runway 14 coming to rest on the center line near intersection Bravo, the nearby awaiting fire trucks foamed the aircraft and its underbelly to prevent any post-crash fire.
The BAAID summarized the investigation findings:
The aircraft nose gear was found jammed in the wheel bay. According to the flight crew the aircraft nose gear made an unusual sound when the gear handle was placed in the extend position. Main gears showed down and locked. Nose gear showed in transit. The aircraft circled for a while to burn off the excess fuel; upon landing the under lying nose structure was damage.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 25, 2016
Classification
Accident
Airline
Jetblue
Flight number
B6-29
Departure
Washington National, United States
Destination
Nassau, Bahamas
Aircraft Registration
N273JB
Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190
ICAO Type Designator
E190
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