Boeing 737-300 crash, Feb 11, 2013, Muscat-Seeb
Boeing 737-300 accident on February 11, 2013 near Muscat-Seeb, Muscat Governorate, Oman with no fatalities. Cause: Shimmy of the left main landing...
- Date: February 11, 2013
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-300
- Location: Muscat-Seeb, Muscat Governorate, Oman
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Shimmy of the left main landing gear, attributed in the investigation summary to excessive play at the torsion links and shimmy damper joints
On 11 February 2013 a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 737-300 (AP-BEH) flight PK259 from Sialkot landed at Muscat-Seeb. During deceleration the left main landing gear collapsed, the left engine struck the ground and the aircraft slid to rest at the edge of the runway. All 114 occupants left the aircraft uninjured and the aircraft was written off.