Narrative:
On touchdown, white smoke was observed from the left main landing gear wheels. After rolling 2000 feet along the runway, the aircraft veered to the left and at 2400 feet departed the runway entirely. It came to a stop 123 feet from the runway after the nose section had broken through the airport perimeter fence. The left gear collapsed due to failure of the landing gear assembly as a result of the shearing of its castellation.
Laboratory observation indicated that the castellation tang had been subjected to force fatigue that could occur during the assembly of the landing gear.
Runway excursion
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 2 September 1992 |
| Time: | 17:03 |
| Type: |  Fokker 50 |
| Operator: | Malaysia Airlines |
| Registration: | 9M-MGG |
| MSN: | 20170 |
| First flight: | 1989-11-10 (2 years 10 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW125B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 30 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 34 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Sibu Airport (SBW) ( Malaysia)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kuching Airport (KCH/WBGG), Malaysia |
| Sibu Airport (SBW/WBGS), Malaysia |
On touchdown, white smoke was observed from the left main landing gear wheels. After rolling 2000 feet along the runway, the aircraft veered to the left and at 2400 feet departed the runway entirely. It came to a stop 123 feet from the runway after the nose section had broken through the airport perimeter fence. The left gear collapsed due to failure of the landing gear assembly as a result of the shearing of its castellation.
Laboratory observation indicated that the castellation tang had been subjected to force fatigue that could occur during the assembly of the landing gear.
Classification:
Landing gear collapseRunway excursion
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep 2/01Photos
Map
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Distance from Kuching Airport to Sibu Airport as the crow flies is 200 km (125 miles).
Distance from Kuching Airport to Sibu Airport as the crow flies is 200 km (125 miles).
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