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| Date: | Tuesday 5 June 2007 |
| Time: | 15:17 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Vazar Turbine Otter |
| Owner/operator: | SriLankan Air Taxi, opf SriLankan Airlines |
| Registration: | 4R-ARB |
| MSN: | 393 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Colombo-Ratmalana Airport (RML/VCCC) -
 Sri Lanka
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Konduwattuwana Tank Water Aerodrome (AFK) |
| Colombo-Ratmalana Airport (RML/VCCC) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAASL |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
SriLankan Airlines flight UL5302, a SriLankan Air Taxi DHC-3 float plane bearing registration 4R-ARB, operated as a charter passenger flight which departed Konduwattuwana Tank Water Aerodrome in Ampara for Ratmalana Airport in Colombo. It was a single crew operation and the pilot landed on Ratmalana Airport's runway 22 after being satisfied with the technical performance of the aircraft, but with no landing gears down. Immediately after touching down the pilot realised the aircraft was rigid on controls and managed to stop on the runway running about 320 meters on floats. The pilot realized the situation as it was occuring and took the necessary action to minimise the damage. The pilot later admitted that he forgot to extend the landing gears. The pilot was in the situation of chronic fatigue due to aircraft operator's decision to cease the operation thereby him loosing employment.
Probable Cause: The failure of the pilot to extend the landing gears due to not following a sterile cockpit check list procedures for landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.dhc-3archive.com/393_4R-ARB_unk_07012005_mjo_1024a.jpg
https://www.dhc-3archive.com/DHC-3_393.html
CAASL
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-May-2009 11:12 | harro | Added |
| 20-Jul-2011 13:31 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Dec-2020 16:53 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 26-Dec-2021 10:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 31-Dec-2021 14:52 | Prometheus | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 07-Mar-2025 06:25 | Prometheus | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 07-Mar-2025 07:50 | Prometheus | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 07-Mar-2025 07:50 | ASN | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
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