Boeing 737-400 crash, Nov 28, 2004, Barcelona
Boeing 737-400 accident on November 28, 2004 near Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain with no fatalities. Cause: A bird strike broke one nose wheel steering...
- Date: November 28, 2004
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-400
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: A bird strike broke one nose wheel steering cable and jammed the other, which was already worn from incorrect grease application during maintenance. The nose wheels then turned left on landing and the crew could not correct the veer.
A KLM Boeing 737-400 took a bird strike on takeoff from Amsterdam and continued to Barcelona. After touchdown it veered left, left the paved surface over soft sand near construction works, and lost its nose gear and a left main gear leg. Nobody on board was killed.