De Havilland DHC-8-100 (Dash-8) crash, Mar 4, 2011, Nuuk
De Havilland DHC-8-100 (Dash-8) accident on March 4, 2011 near Nuuk, Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq, Greenland with no fatalities. Cause: Unstabilised...
- Date: March 4, 2011
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-8-100 (Dash-8)
- Location: Nuuk, Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq, Greenland
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Unstabilised approach and hard landing caused by crew task saturation and weak crew resource management, which overloaded the right main gear and sheared its fuse pin.
On 4 March 2011 an Air Iceland Dash 8-100 flying Reykjavik to Kulusuk to Nuuk landed hard on runway 23 at Nuuk in strong winds and turbulence. The approach was unstabilised and the aircraft touched down left of centreline, after which the right main gear fuse pin sheared and the aircraft left the runway to the right. All 34 people on board survived.