ATR72-500 crash, Feb 17, 2012, Sandoway
ATR72-500 accident on February 17, 2012 near Sandoway, Rakhine State (Arakan), Myanmar with no fatalities. Cause: A hard, repeatedly bouncing and long...
- Date: February 17, 2012
- Aircraft: ATR72-500
- Location: Sandoway, Rakhine State (Arakan), Myanmar
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: A hard, repeatedly bouncing and long landing with the aircraft well above the glide path, and no go-around initiated. Per secondary summaries, the crew was not focused on the landing procedure.
An Air KBZ ATR 72-500 on a scheduled flight from Heho to Sandoway bounced six times on landing and touched down well past the threshold. The nose gear collapsed, the aircraft overran the runway and both main gears collapsed in soft ground. A propeller blade penetrated the fuselage after the aircraft hit a sand pile, and all 54 occupants escaped unhurt.