Accident description
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| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 20 NOV 2001 |
| Time: | 16:48 |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas MD-11 |
| Operator: | Eva Air |
| Registration: | B-16101 |
| C/n / msn: | 48542/570 |
| First flight: | 1994 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 207 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 220 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek Airport (TPE) (Taiwan)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Brisbane International Airport, QLD (BNE/YBBN), Australia |
| Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (TPE/RCTP), Taiwan | |
| Flightnumber: | 316 |
Flight BR316 departed Brisbane at 05:29 for to Taipei. The first officer was the handling pilot for the flight.The departure and en route segments of the flight were uneventful. At about 16:48 the aircraft experienced a hard landing on initial touchdown on Runway 06. The pilot-in-command took control immediately after aircraft bounced and performed a go around. The aircraft landed on Runway 06 on the second attempt. After landing, the aircraft it was found that the left tire of the nose landing gear had failed. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the nose landing gear wheel well area.
Sources:
» Aviation Safety Council, Taiwan
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 Brisbane International Airport, QLD (BNE/YBBN) to Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (TPE/RCTP) as the crow flies is 6604 km (4127 miles).
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.
Distance from Brisbane International Airport, QLD (BNE/YBBN) to Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (TPE/RCTP) as the crow flies is 6604 km (4127 miles).
