ATR72-600 crash, Dec 25, 2016, Semarang-Ahmad Yani
ATR72-600 accident on December 25, 2016 near Semarang-Ahmad Yani, Central Java, Indonesia with no fatalities. Cause: KNKT: A visual illusion that made...
- Date: December 25, 2016
- Aircraft: ATR72-600
- Location: Semarang-Ahmad Yani, Central Java, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: KNKT: A visual illusion that made the aircraft appear higher than its real altitude caused a late flare and bounce, and the unrecovered bounce produced an abnormal landing attitude with vertical acceleration up to 6 g that collapsed the right main landing gear.
An ATR 72 600 operated by Wings Air on scheduled flight IW1896 from Bandung landed at night in rain at Semarang Ahmad Yani Airport. The aircraft touched down and bounced repeatedly, and after a go around attempt it landed hard with high vertical acceleration, collapsing the right main landing gear and stopping off the runway centerline. All 72 occupants evacuated and no one was injured.