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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F · Kabul · September 22, 2010

Date: September 22, 2010 · 09:16 local
Place: Kabul
Airport: Kabul Afghanistan
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: WRLA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N279WA
NTSB investigation: NTSBDCA10WA098
Reported as: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4460
People aboard: 0
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,000 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft landed firmly in windy conditions and and bounced. The bounce resulted in a firm impact on the nose gear and an excessive bank which caused a winglet to contact the ground. The crew initiated a go-around and landed a second time. The inspection of the aircraft that followed confirmed no structural damage and the winglet to be removed and listed on the MEL.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED FIRMLY IN WINDY CONDITIONS AND AND BOUNCED. THE BOUNCE RESULTED IN A FIRM IMPACT ON THE NOSE GEAR AND AN EXCESSIVE BANK WHICH CAUSED A WINGLET TO CONTACT THE GROUND. THE CREW INITIATED A GO-AROUND AND LANDED A SECOND TIME.THE INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT FOLLOWED CONFIRMED NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND THE WINGLET TO BE REMOVED AND LISTED ON THE MEL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB DCA10WA098Incident · No injuriesForeign investigationKabul, AfghanistanOn Sept 22, 2010, a World Airways MD-11 scraped the right wingtip during a go-around at Kabul Afghanistan. The aircraft had minor damage and there were no injuries. The investigation is being conducted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Afghanistan. All…Sep 22, 2010 · Minor damage