Date:	Thursday 10 November 2016
Time:	12:42
Type:	McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
Owner/operator:	Lufthansa Cargo
Registration:	D-ALCM
MSN:	48805/645
Year of manufacture:	2000
Total airframe hrs:	69139 hours
Cycles:	12835 flights
Engine model:	General Electric CF6-80C2D1F
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, repaired
Category:	Accident
Location:	Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE) -   Argentina
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport, PR (CWB/SBCT)
Destination airport:	Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ)
Investigating agency:	JIAAC
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A McDonnell Douglas MD-11F aircraft, D-ALCM, sustained damage at Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, Argentina after the losing one of the nose landing gear tyres. The aircraft operated flight LH8273 from Curitiba, Brazil and landed on runway 29 at Buenos Aires/Ezeiza at 12:42 hours local time.
The Argentine accident investigation board stated the aircraft experienced an apparent loss of the left hand nose landing gear tyre, which then struck the central ventral fuselage, causing considerable damage.

Conclusions of the analysis
In a commercial cargo aviation flight, during the landing run, when the nose gear was resting on the runway, the complete detachment of the left wheel of the nose landing gear occurred due to the combination of the following factors:
- Lack of safety mechanism separator lock.
- Inadequate supervision and quality control on the Dakar stopover.

15:00 UTC / 12:00 local time:
SAEZ 101500Z 29015KT CAVOK 27/07 Q1008

16:00 UTC / 13:00 local time:
SAEZ 101600Z 34013KT 280V020 CAVOK 29/05 Q1007

JIAAC

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