Boeing 737-300 crash, Nov 26, 2015, Mexico City-Benito Ju...
Boeing 737-300 accident on November 26, 2015 near Mexico City-Benito Juarez, Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico with no fatalities. Cause: CIDAIA...
- Date: November 26, 2015
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-300
- Location: Mexico City-Benito Juarez, Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: CIDAIA (per ASN and BAAA): Fracture of the shimmy damper piston and subsequent retraction of the left main landing gear leg due to vibrations that could not be damped because of wear and play in the shimmy damper links and apex joint; contributing were an unstabilized approach, inadequate shimmy damper and shock strut servicing, and landing with high ground speed and a low descent rate.
Magnicharters flight GMT779 from Cancun landed on runway 05L at Mexico City on 26 November 2015 at excessive speed after an unstabilized approach. Severe vibration followed touchdown, the left main gear collapsed and retracted, and the aircraft slid about 980 metres. All 144 occupants evacuated safely, and the CIDAIA investigation found that wear in the shimmy damper led to the fractured piston.