BAe Jetstream 31 crash, Feb 12, 2009, Heraklion
BAe Jetstream 31 accident on February 12, 2009 near Heraklion, Crete, Greece with no fatalities. Cause: Landing gear cylinder failure from ductile...
- Date: February 12, 2009
- Aircraft: BAe Jetstream 31
- Location: Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Landing gear cylinder failure from ductile overload, probably caused by a heavy landing that was not logged, so the required inspection after a heavy landing was not carried out.
A Sky Express BAe Jetstream 31 flying a scheduled service from Rhodes to Heraklion landed with a heavy touchdown, and the right main landing gear collapsed as the aircraft decelerated. The right propeller struck the runway and the aircraft slid to a stop, and all 18 occupants evacuated without injury. The Greek investigation traced the failure to a ductile overload crack in the landing gear cylinder, probably from an earlier heavy landing that was not recorded in the aircraft log.