Narrative:
The crew made a VOR/DME visual approach to runway 06 at Funchal Airport, Madeira, Portugal. The aircraft undershot the displaced threshold by 160 m. The left main gear collided with a small embankment and collapsed.
Wind was reported as 025° at 14 kt gusting at 23 kt. There may have been an orographic downdraft on short final.
Undershoot/overshoot
» RTP video
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 14 February 1991 |
| Time: | 23:31 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-282 Adv. |
| Operator: | TAP Air Portugal |
| Registration: | CS-TEM |
| MSN: | 23043/972 |
| First flight: | 1983-06-01 (7 years 9 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 87 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 93 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Funchal Airport (FNC) ( Portugal)
|
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport (LIS/LPPT), Portugal |
| Funchal Airport (FNC/LPFU), Portugal |
The crew made a VOR/DME visual approach to runway 06 at Funchal Airport, Madeira, Portugal. The aircraft undershot the displaced threshold by 160 m. The left main gear collided with a small embankment and collapsed.
Wind was reported as 025° at 14 kt gusting at 23 kt. There may have been an orographic downdraft on short final.
Classification:
Landing gear collapseUndershoot/overshoot
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep 3/91» RTP video
Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport to Funchal Airport as the crow flies is 959 km (599 miles).
Distance from Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport to Funchal Airport as the crow flies is 959 km (599 miles).
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