ASN Aircraft accident BAC One-Eleven 525FT YR-BCM Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Saturday 7 June 1997
Time:13:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic BA11 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
BAC One-Eleven 525FT
Operator:Tarom
Registration: YR-BCM
MSN: 256
First flight: 1977-08-08 (19 years 10 months)
Total airframe hrs:23901
Cycles:17888
Engines: 2 Rolls-Royce Spey 512-14DW
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 26
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) (   Sweden)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport (OTP/LROP), Romania
Destination airport:Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN/ESSA), Sweden
Flightnumber: 335
Narrative:
Flight ROT 335 had been cleared to land on runway 26 at Stockholm-Arlanda airport. The pilots had visual contact with the field and the landing was performed according to visual flying rules (VFR). The approach was normal with occasional turbulence and wind gusts from the south. When the
aircraft was on 8nm final, air-traffic control reported the wind 160°/13 knots. To begin with the aircraft was somewhat above the glide slope but was on the glide slope when it passed the threshold. The touchdown on the runway was in the normal touchdown zone on the left main gear and nose up. Shortly
thereafter came a strong wind gust whereupon the right main gear touched down and the nose gear heavily hit the runway. The commander controlled the aircraft with rudder, reversed the engines and braked lightly. He did not notice anything special in the behavior of the aircraft at that point. When - after the speed had become so low that rudder steering was no longer possible - he reverted to nose wheel steering he noticed that it was not functioning. He continued the light wheel braking but could not prevent the aircraft from veering to the right. He then braked fully but the aircraft continued towards the right runway edge. It left the runway at a speed of around 60 knots out onto the grass field. The retardation was soft and the passengers disembarked through ordinary exit. The aircraft sustained substantial damage and the hulk was moved to Halmstad by Le Caravelle Club as fire trainer.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was caused by the collapse of the nose gear as a result of overload when the aircraft touched down with its nose wheel first after two bounces. A contributing factor was shortcomings in cockpit’s CRM (Cockpit Resource Management) during the flight."

Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: SHK Sweden
Status: Investigation completed
Accident number: SHK Report C 1998:23e
Download report: Final report

Classification:
Bounced on landing
Landing gear collapse
Runway excursion

Photos

photo of BAC-One-Eleven-525FT-YR-BCM
accident date: 07-06-1997
type: BAC One-Eleven 525FT
registration: YR-BCM
photo of BAC-One-Eleven-525FT-YR-BCM
accident date: 07-06-1997
type: BAC One-Eleven 525FT
registration: YR-BCM
photo of BAC-One-Eleven-525FT-YR-BCM
accident date: 07-06-1997
type: BAC One-Eleven 525FT
registration: YR-BCM
 

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 Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport as the crow flies is 1752 km (1095 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.
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