Boeing 737-400 crash, Nov 3, 2015, Lahore-Allama Muhammad...
Boeing 737-400 accident on November 3, 2015 near Lahore-Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Punjab, Pakistan with no fatalities. Cause: Pakistan Safety...
- Date: November 3, 2015
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-400
- Location: Lahore-Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Punjab, Pakistan
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pakistan Safety Investigation Board: low sink rate of the left main gear at touchdown and excess play in the shimmy damper linkages led to torsional vibration and breakage of the damper, causing the left gear collapse; an unstabilised approach with high ground speed and an incorrect flight path was also cited.
On 3 November 2015 Shaheen Air Boeing 737 400 flight NL142 from Karachi landed on runway 36L at Lahore because runway 36R was closed for ILS CAT III work. Both main landing gears collapsed one after the other after touchdown, and the aircraft left the runway and stopped 8302 ft past the threshold with all 121 occupants evacuated. The Pakistan Safety Investigation Board attributed the first gear collapse to excessive play in the shimmy damper linkages and an unstabilised approach.