| Date: | Wednesday 2 December 2020 |
| Time: | 09:25 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-529 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Djibouti |
| Registration: | EY-560 |
| MSN: | 26538/2298 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1992 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 42964 hours |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-3B1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 39 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Garowe Airport (GGR) -
 Somalia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Hargeisa Airport (HGA/HCMH) |
| Garowe Airport (GGR/HCMW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
An Air Djibouti Boeing 737-529, EY-560, suffered a right-hand main landing gear collapse on landing at Garowe Airport, Puntland, Somalia.
The aircraft operated on a flight from Djibouti to Mogadishu, Somalia, with en route stops at Hargeisa and Garowe. The pilot conducted a visual approach and the aircraft was stable. At low altitude the aircraft experienced a windshear and hit the runway hard.
The root cause of the accident is loss of control of aircraft.
The contributory factor was windshear.
Sources:
Air Djibouti
twitter.com/MoradNews
AAIB Somalia Report No. AI-004
Location
Images:
photo (c) Richard Thompson; Garowe Airport (GGR); 06 December 2020
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