Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
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| Date: | 23 OCT 1981 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-331C |
| Operator: | Trans Mediterranean Airways - TMA |
| Registration: | OD-AGT |
| C/n / msn: | 19213/613 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Tokyo-Narita Airport (NRT) (Japan)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Tokyo-Narita Airport (NRT/RJAA), Japan |
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No. 3 engine trouble (no. 6 carbon seal was worn, causing loss of lubrication oil) forced the aircraft to return to Tokyo.
The aircraft landed 1700m past the threshold of runway 16 and bounced. After applying reverse thrust on engines 1,2 and 4, the aircraft ran off the side of the runway and hit a manhole, causing the nosegear to collapse.
Unfavourable weather conditions were caused by a typhoon, which passed 160km South of Tokyo. Other factors included the selection of the wrong runway relative to wind conditions, failure to go around after passing over the threshold at 500 feet AGL; and misunderstanding of instructions.
wx: wind 210-350deg./11-34 knots, visibility 2200m RVR 900m, heavy shower with fog.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
