Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary ENG16WA016

Aircraft #1

OB-2040-P

BOEING 737

Factual Information

The Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes de Aviación – CIAA of Peru has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Peruvian Airlines Boeing 737, which occurred on October 23, 2015. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the CIAA investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane. During the landing sequence, after about 8 seconds a vibration was felt and subsequent collapse of the airplanes right main landing gear occurred. It was also observed that the left main landing gear had a broken shimmy damper actuator and a torsion link fracture. All investigative information will be released by the CIAA.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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