BAe Jetstream 31 crash, Aug 15, 2014, Doncaster-Sheffield...
BAe Jetstream 31 accident on August 15, 2014 near Doncaster-Sheffield-Robin Hood, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom with no fatalities. Cause: AAIB:...
- Date: August 15, 2014
- Aircraft: BAe Jetstream 31
- Location: Doncaster-Sheffield-Robin Hood, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: AAIB: Stress corrosion cracking in the forward pintle housing at the top of the left main landing gear leg caused the gear failure. A protective washer fitted by the manufacturer after the 2012 accident had not met its original design intent, as it could rotate, wear away the surface protection and allow corrosion pits to form.
On landing at Doncaster Sheffield Airport the left main landing gear of the LinksAir Jetstream 31 failed about eight seconds after touchdown. The aircraft ran off the left side of the runway, turned about 90 degrees and came to rest on the grass resting on its pannier, right gear and left wing. All three occupants left the aircraft without injury. The AAIB found stress corrosion cracking in the forward pintle housing, and a protective washer fitted after a 2012 accident on the same airframe had not met its original design intent.