De Havilland DHC-8-400 (Dash-8) crash, Dec 4, 2015, Jabalpur
De Havilland DHC-8-400 (Dash-8) accident on December 4, 2015 near Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India with no fatalities. Cause: AAIB India: The wildlife...
- Date: December 4, 2015
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-8-400 (Dash-8)
- Location: Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: AAIB India: The wildlife (wild boar) strike on the runway during the landing roll resulted in collapse of the left main landing gear and the aircraft veering left; the contributory factor was the presence of wildlife in the operational area due to several breaches in the boundary wall.
A SpiceJet Bombardier Q400 flying SG2458 from Mumbai struck wild boars on runway 06 at Jabalpur a few seconds after touchdown on 4 December 2015. One boar hit the left main landing gear, which collapsed, and the aircraft drifted left off the runway into soft ground. All occupants evacuated without injury, and the AAIB India report cited the wildlife strike, made possible by breaches in the boundary wall, as the cause.