Accident de Havilland Canada DHC-8-301 HK-3952, Saturday 23 August 2008

Date:	Saturday 23 August 2008
Time:	17:15
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-8-301
Owner/operator:	AIRES Colombia
Registration:	HK-3952
MSN:	169
Year of manufacture:	1989
Total airframe hrs:	31260 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 31
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) - Colombia
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Curaçao-Hato International Airport (CUR/TNCC)
Destination airport:	Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ/SKBQ)
Investigating agency:	Aerocivil
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A de Havilland Canada DHC-8-301 passenger plane, registered HK-3952, sustained substantial damage following the collapse of the right hand main landing gear on landing at Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz Airport (BAQ), Colombia. None of the 31 occupants were injured.
AIRES Flight 051 operated on an international flight from Curaçao-Hato International Airport (CUR). The approach and landing were normal, touching down about 770 metres past the threshold of runway 23. The crew noticed a vibration of the right hand main gear, after which the undercarriage leg collapsed. There was no fire.

CAUSA: "Fractura del anillo del tope mecánico del amortiguador del tren principal derecho, convirtiendo al conjunto del tren en una estructura sólida incapaz de absorber las cargas del aterrizaje, debido a la no incorporación de la Directiva de Aeronavegabilidad AD-2006-14 en la reparacián general de dicho tren."

Accident investigation: