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| Date: | Wednesday 26 September 2018 |
| Time: | 13:16 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-8Q8 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | US-Bangla Airlines |
| Registration: | S2-AJA |
| MSN: | 30039/701 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 43884 hours |
| Cycles: | 16666 flights |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B26 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 173 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Chittagong-Shah Amanat International Airport (CGP) -
 Bangladesh
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Dhaka-Shahjalal International Airport (DAC/VGHS) |
| Cox's Bazar Airport (CXB/VGCB) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIG-BD |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
US-Bangla Airlines flight 141 diverted to Chittagong Airport, Bangladesh, after the nose landing gear failed to deploy while on approach to Cox's Bazar Airport.
The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, departed Dhaka, Bangladesh at 11:48 hours on a domestic service to Cox's Bazar. On approach to runway 17, the flight crew selected the undercarriage down, but the nose landing gear failed to deploy. At 12:26 the crew executed a go around. The aircraft circled the field several times, but the nosegear would not deploy. The crew decided to divert to Chittagong Airport. The runway at Chittagong has a Landing Distance Available (LDA) of 2940 m as opposed to 2042 m for Cox's Bazar. Chittagong also has a higher fire fighting category (7 as opposed to 5).
The aircraft overflew runway 23 at Chittagong Airport once before a forced landing was executed at 13:16 hours. It came to rest 70 m short of the runway 05 threshold and about 210 m short of the runway end, including the paved stopway and Runway End Safety Area (RESA).
An evacuation was carried out after the aircraft came to a stop on the runway.
Cause:
Failure of the Nose Landing Gear Retract Pressure Fuse PIN 2-8020-6, SIN 0959 that prevented the Nose Landing Gear not to extend.
Contributing Factors:
Human (Flight Crew, Cabin Crew): Not applicable
Weather: Not applicable
Maintenance: Nose Landing Gear Retract Pressure Fuse PIN 2-8020-6, SIN 0959 being inoperative is the quality and production system failure of the Repair Station of the Fuse
Aerodrome and Other: Not applicable
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
bdnews24.com
History of this aircraft
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Feb-2024 09:05 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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