Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 02 JAN 2009 |
| Time: | 07:51 |
| Type: | Antonov 12BP |
| Operator: | British Gulf International Airlines |
| Registration: | S9-SAM |
| C/n / msn: | 3341408 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Ivchenko AI-20M |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Sharjah Airport (SHJ) (United Arab Emirates) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Sharjah Airport (SHJ/OMSJ), United Arab Emirates |
| ? |
The left hand main landing gear failed, causing the nr.1 prop to strike the runway.
Sources:
» ICAO File : 09100129
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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.
