Accident: Contact F100 at Stuttgart on Sep 14th 2009, landing without main gear
By Simon Hradecky, created Monday, Sep 14th 2009 10:37Z, last updated Monday, Sep 14th 2009 10:42Z
The crew of a ContactAir Fokker 100 on behalf of Lufthansa, registration D-AFKE performing flight C3-288/LH-288 from Berlin Tegel to Stuttgart (Germany) with 82 passengers and 5 crew, received an unsafe gear indication after lowering the gear on appraoch to Stuttgart, aborted the approach and entered a holding to troubleshoot the problem. The main gear could not be lowered despite 90 minutes troubleshooting, so that the crew was forced to land without main gear at around 10:40 local (08:40Z). The airplane landed on its belly on runway 07 and was evacuated via slides.
Five passengers needed shock treatment at the airport, one flight attendant was brought to a hospital as a precaution.
The damage to the airplane is not yet known.
Metars:
EDDS 140920Z 35008KT 9999 BKN013 BKN020 11/08 Q1016 NOSIG
EDDS 140850Z 34007KT 9999 BKN012 BKN030 11/07 Q1016 NOSIG
EDDS 140820Z 01006KT 9999 BKN012 BKN030 11/08 Q1016 NOSIG
EDDS 140750Z 36007KT 9999 BKN010 BKN030 11/08 Q1016 NOSIG
EDDS 140720Z 36006KT 9999 BKN009 BKN030 10/08 Q1016 BECMG BKN012
EDDS 140650Z 34006KT 9999 BKN008 BKN030 10/08 Q1016 NOSIG
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