De Havilland DHC-8-400 (Dash-8) crash, Mar 8, 2015, Hubli
De Havilland DHC-8-400 (Dash-8) accident on March 8, 2015 near Hubli, Karnataka, India with no fatalities. Cause: AAIB India: Loss of visual cues after...
- Date: March 8, 2015
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-8-400 (Dash-8)
- Location: Hubli, Karnataka, India
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: AAIB India: Loss of visual cues after touchdown in inclement weather resulted in the aircraft veering to the left of the centreline, leading to a runway excursion and accident. Contributing factors included the captain's handling technique and non standard callouts by the first officer, and operator instructions that allowed trial procedures below VMC.
On 8 March 2015 a SpiceJet Dash 8 Q400 on flight SG1085 from Bangalore landed on runway 26 at Hubli in heavy rain and veered off the left side of the runway. The left main landing gear collapsed, the left propeller struck the runway, and the nose gear later failed as the aircraft came to rest on soft ground. All 78 passengers and 4 crew evacuated safely with no injuries, but the aircraft was substantially damaged and written off.