Boeing 737-400 crash, Dec 10, 2016, Kabul
Boeing 737-400 accident on December 10, 2016 near Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan with no fatalities. Cause: Jordanian CARC report as summarised by SKYbrary:...
- Date: December 10, 2016
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-400
- Location: Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Jordanian CARC report as summarised by SKYbrary: A very brief but severe wheel shimmy, combined with a high speed approach, prolonged float and soft touchdown at high ground speed, caused the right main gear to fail. The operator's training policy did not include route or aerodrome competency training.
A Boeing 737 400 wet leased to Safi Airways flying from Herat landed on runway 29 at Kabul after a fast, long float and a soft touchdown. A brief wheel shimmy followed and the right main landing gear collapsed, and the aircraft slid to a stop left of the centerline on its left main gear and right engine with the nose in the air. All occupants evacuated without injury and the aircraft was substantially damaged.