Boeing 737-300 crash, Aug 28, 2015, Wamena
Boeing 737-300 accident on August 28, 2015 near Wamena, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia with no fatalities. Cause: KNKT (as summarized by ASN): a...
- Date: August 28, 2015
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-300
- Location: Wamena, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: KNKT (as summarized by ASN): a large thrust reduction during a windshear encounter caused a rapid descent and a hard touchdown at 3.68 G; the left main gear trunnion link was broken, and the gear had degraded strength from earlier landings with high vertical acceleration.
A Cardig Air Boeing 737 300 freighter flying a cargo service from Jayapura to Wamena touched down hard at 3.68 G on runway 15 after a large thrust reduction during windshear. The left main landing gear collapsed, the left engine contacted the runway, and the aircraft stopped about 1,500 metres from the threshold with no injuries. The KNKT investigation linked the hard landing to windshear and to a left main gear whose strength had degraded from earlier high vertical loads.