Status:	Definitief
Datum:	05 MRT 1989
Tijd:	14:17
Type:	Fokker 100
Luchtvaartmaatschappij:	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Registratie:	PH-KLC
Constructienummer:	11268
Bouwjaar:	1989-01-10 (2 months)
Aantal vlieguren:	133
Aantal vluchten:	268
Motoren:	2 Rolls Royce 620-15 Tay
Bemanning:	slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 5
Passagiers:	slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 95
Totaal:	slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 100
Schade:	Groot
Gevolgen:	Repaired
Plaats:	Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA) (Zwitserland)
Fase:	Landing (LDG)
Soort vlucht:	Internationale lijnvlucht
Vliegveld van vertrek:	Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM), Nederland
Vliegveld van aankomst:	Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA/LSGG), Zwitserland
Vluchtnummer:	321

Beschrijving:
A Fokker 100 passenger jet, PH-KLC, sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA), Switzerland. All 95 passengers and five crew members survived.
Flight KL321 had departed Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS) at 13:06 local time on an international flight to Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA). The flight was uneventful. At the end of the approach in the automatic mode, the aircraft landed gently on runway 23. Immediately after the aircraft developed severe vibration, which increased causing the fracture of the left main landing gear leg. The left wing struck the runway and the airplane came to rest at the left runway edge.

CAUSE: The accident was due to the rupture of the left main landing gear after the occurrence of severe vibration.
Contributing to the accident:
- Insufficient damping of the main landing gear and its connection to the structure as a dynamic system;
- Random, simultaneous occurrence of factors that caused a resonant oscillation of the left main landing gear.

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