Dana MD82 at Lagos on Apr 23rd 2024, runway excursion
Last Update: May 14, 2024 / 18:20:16 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 23, 2024
Classification
Accident
Cause
Runway excursion
Airline
Dana Air
Flight number
9J-352
Departure
Abuja, Nigeria
Destination
Lagos, Nigeria
Aircraft Registration
5N-BKI
Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-82
ICAO Type Designator
MD82
Airport ICAO Code
DNMM
Nigeria's NSIB (aircraft accident investigation) have dispatched investigator on site.
On May 14th 2024 Nigeria's NSIB released their preliminary report stating the first officer (22, CPL, 517 hours total, 394 hours on type) was pilot flying, the captain (64, ATPL, 22,232 hours total, 5,828 hours on type) was pilot monitoring.
The NSIB summarized the sequence of events:
On the Final Approach to RWY 18L, the PF called for "GEAR DOWN", and the PM selected landing gears "DOWN". According to the First Officer, "We got two green lights and one red light, the red being the Nose Landing Gear (NLG) Indication." The crew stated that they recycled the Landing Gears by selecting UP and then DOWN, but the NLG Indication Light remained RED. The crew then proceeded with the EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION Checklist, but again, the NLG indication RED Light remained.
At 09:23 h, DAN0352 informed Tower of its intention to execute a Go-Around. At 09:24 h, while executing the Go-Around, DAN0352 did a LOW PASS over the station and requested the Duty Air Traffic Controller (DATCO) to check if the NLG was down. The DATCO responded, "It appears down."
At 09:25 h, DAN0352 contacted Approach Control requesting to be vectored for another Approach. Approach Control then enquired about the reason for the Go-Around, to which the crew responded, "We just had an indication here, so we just want to verify everything is okay, but at this moment, we look good, and we are going to try another Approach to RWY 18L." The crew stated in the post-occurrence interview that they consulted the MD82 Quick Reference Handbook (QRH) and carried out the QRH items.
At 09:30 h, Approach Control cleared DAN0352 for an ILS Approach RWY 18L. At 09:33 h, DAN0352 contacted Tower, reporting 9 miles Touchdown RWY 18L, and was given weather information: DNMM 0800UTC; Wind 350o/05 kt runway 18L, cleared to land caution runway surface damp. As the crew selected the Landing Flap position, the Landing Gear Configuration Warning came ON and continued until the aircraft touched down.
At about 09:38 h, DAN0352 touched down runway 18L. According to the Captain, the landing was soft. During the Landing Roll, the Captain deployed Speed Brakes, after which Thrust Reversers were deployed, and the nose of the aircraft was lowered. At this point, the crew stated that severe vibration was accompanied by a loud noise from the NLG area. On reaching 80 knots, the Captain noticed the collapse of the NLG, followed by a loss of directional control. The aircraft then veered off to the left and exited the runway at about 2,094 m from the threshold. It continued in the grass verge, crossed the paved Link 6 and stopped at about 2,343 m from the threshold, about 36 m from the runway centreline.
Upon the final stop of the aircraft, the Captain shut down the engines and commanded evacuation through the Forward Service Door due to safety concerns on the Main Entry Door side. The Cabin Crew opened the Forward Service Door, and the Escape Slide was deployed. All occupants evacuated without any injury.
Metars:
DNMM 231000Z 21009KT 7000 -TSRA SCT008 FEW018CB 24/23 Q1013 NOSIG=
DNMM 230900Z 31005KT 7000 -TSRA SCT007 FEW017CB 23/23 Q1015 NOSIG=
DNMM 230800Z 34005KT 6000 -TSRA BKN007 FEW017CB 23/22 Q1015 NOSIG=
DNMM 230700Z 32009KT 4000 -TSRA BKN008 FEW018CB 23/23 Q1014 TEMPO 3000 -TSRA=
DNMM 230600Z 04010KT 5000 -TSRA BKN008 FEW018CB 24/23 Q1013 NOSIG=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 23, 2024
Classification
Accident
Cause
Runway excursion
Airline
Dana Air
Flight number
9J-352
Departure
Abuja, Nigeria
Destination
Lagos, Nigeria
Aircraft Registration
5N-BKI
Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-82
ICAO Type Designator
MD82
Airport ICAO Code
DNMM
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