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| Date: | Wednesday 15 December 2010 |
| Time: | c. 08:27 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-81M (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Oman Air |
| Registration: | A4O-BE |
| MSN: | 37161/2919 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Salalah Airport (SLL/OOSA) -
 Oman
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Muscat International Airport (MCT/OOMS) |
| Salalah Airport (SLL/OOSA) | |
| Investigating agency: | OTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Oman Air flight WY 905 was a routine scheduled passenger flight operated the sector MCT-SLL
on 15.12.2010. The flight was originated from Muscat International Airport with 124 passengers
on board the aircraft. The aircraft was flown by the First Officer (PF) and the captain has
performed the duty of P.M.
The F/O landed the aircraft in a cross wind condition with a firm landing and nose dropped and
veered left off the centre line. The captain immediately took control of the aircraft and aligned
with the centerline of the runway, NW tyre marks on the runway indicates that in the process of
landing, the left main wheels went outside the left edge of the runway. However, there was no
damage to the runway edge lights of runway 07/25.
After touch down the flight crew did not feel any vibration, noise or abnormal observed. At the
parking bay the engineer noticed that both the nose wheel tires of the aircraft were out of limit.
The same was confirmed by the flight crew and both the nose wheel tyres were replaced. The
maintenance engineer carried out an inspection on landing gear, spin brake lining pads and wheel
bay and found to be satistactory. The aircratt was delayed for more than 6 hours before released
for further flight
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.mtcit.gov.om/ITAPortal/Data/SiteImgGallery/2024118113017681/Final%20Report%204.pdf
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/7432371 (Photo)
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jul-2025 14:10 | Justanormalperson | Added |
| 26-Jul-2025 14:11 | Justanormalperson | Updated [Accident report, ] |
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