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| Date: | Thursday 10 June 2021 |
| Time: | c. 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  CASA C-295M |
| Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Portuguesa |
| Registration: | 16702 |
| MSN: | 042 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Porto Santo Airport (PXO/LPPS) -
 Portugal
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Funchal-Madeira Airport (FNC/LPMA) |
| Porto Santo Airport (PXO/LPPS) |
Crew deployed landing gear late and didn't lock it. As seen in the video bellow, after the aircraft being lifted by mobile cranes, the landing gear is deployed without further issues.
Aircraft was airworthy a couple of days after and flown to Seville to Airbus facilities for further repair and hasn't flown since then (June 2025).
Sources:
http://www.goklerdeyiz.net/askeri-kargo-ucaginin-iniste-burun-inis-takimi-kirildi/
https://tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade/forca-aerea-portuguesa/aviao-da-forca-aerea-tem-acidente-em-porto-santo
https://www.dnoticias.pt/2021/6/10/264710-aviao-militar-vem-do-continente-ajudar-aeronave-acidentada-no-porto-santo
https://www.dnoticias.pt/2021/6/10/264728-veja-o-video-da-operacao-de-reparacao-do-aviao-da-forca-aerea/
Inquiry results on press, stating that the crew didn't deploy landing gear https://www.cmjornal.pt/portugal/detalhe/erro-humano-leva-aviao-militar-a-aterrar-com-o-trem-recolhido
Location
Media:
Forca Aérea Portuguesa C295 NLG Collapsehttps://t.co/kVYYhri7EF via @Goklerdeyiznet
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) June 14, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jun-2021 18:23 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 10-Jun-2021 19:07 | harro | Updated [Time, ] |
| 10-Jun-2021 19:09 | harro | Updated [Registration, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jun-2021 19:14 | RobertMB | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jun-2021 18:16 | Anon. | Updated [Source, ] |
| 14-Jun-2021 18:46 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 11-Jul-2023 09:49 | Ron Averes | Updated |
| 07-May-2025 15:07 | nunocaldeira | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 13-May-2025 08:04 | nunocaldeira | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jun-2025 09:24 | nunocaldeira | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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