Boeing 737-400 crash, Oct 26, 2015, Johannesburg-Oliver R...
Boeing 737-400 accident on October 26, 2015 near Johannesburg-Oliver Reginald Tambo (Jan Smuts), Gauteng, South Africa with no fatalities. Cause: Final...
- Date: October 26, 2015
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-400
- Location: Johannesburg-Oliver Reginald Tambo (Jan Smuts), Gauteng, South Africa
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Final report (as summarized by BAAA): unstable approach with the flare started at 65 ft instead of 20 ft, giving a low sink rate; shimmy damper fluid in the thermal relief valve and worn upper torsion link bushing allowed undamped vibration; a tailwind lengthened the landing roll.
On 26 October 2015 Comair flight BA6234, a Boeing 737 400 with 94 passengers and six crew, landed on runway 03R at Johannesburg from Port Elizabeth. Shortly after touchdown the aircraft vibrated, rolled left and stopped on its right main gear and number one engine after the left main landing gear detached. All occupants were evacuated without injury, and the final report attributed the event to an early high flare and shimmy damage.