Narrative:
The main gear wouldn't retract following takeoff and the hydraulic pressure warning light lit, followed by a pressure drop. A flat approach was made with 7deg flaps and the aircraft touched down 400 m down the runway, rolled 900 m before veering into a ditch. The nosegear collapsed and a small fire broke out on the right engine.
Runway excursion
accident date: 08-11-1988
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo
registration: ET-AHI
accident date: 08-11-1988
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo
registration: ET-AHI
| Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
| Date: | Tuesday 8 November 1988 |
| Time: | 10:45 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo |
| Operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
| Registration: | ET-AHI |
| MSN: | 101 |
| First flight: | 1981 |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric CT64-820-4 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Gondar Airport (GDQ) ( Ethiopia)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Gondar Airport (GDQ/HAGN), Ethiopia |
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The main gear wouldn't retract following takeoff and the hydraulic pressure warning light lit, followed by a pressure drop. A flat approach was made with 7deg flaps and the aircraft touched down 400 m down the runway, rolled 900 m before veering into a ditch. The nosegear collapsed and a small fire broke out on the right engine.
Classification:
Hydraulic system problemRunway excursion
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 1/89 #13Photos
accident date: 08-11-1988
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo
registration: ET-AHI
accident date: 08-11-1988
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo
registration: ET-AHI
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