DCA12WA161

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 737 · Karachi, Pakistan · April 22, 2012

Incident · No injuriesForeign investigation
Date
April 22, 2012, 17:35 local (17:35 UTC)
Place
Karachi, Pakistan
Injuries
171 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
AP-BJNBoeing 737
Defining event
Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
85993

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Landing gear collapseLanding-flare/touchdownAll aircraft: 1,787 casesDefining event

Factual narrative

On April 22, 2012, at about 12:35 local time, a Shaheen Boeing 737-400, registration number AP-BJN, operating as flight NL122 from Islamabad (ISB) to Karachi (KHI), Pakistan had the left main landing gear collapse upon landing KHI. It is reported that there is minor damage to the airplane resulting from the collapsed gear. The Pakistan Safety and Investigation Board (SIB) is investigating this event. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture and Design of the airplane. For more information you can contact the Pakistan SIB at: Headquarters Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority, Terminal-1, Jinnah International Airport, Karachi-75200, Tel: (92-21) 99072641, (92-21) 99072642, (92-21) 99072646 & (92-21) 99072738 (0900 - 1700 hrs working days), Fax: (92-21) 99242760 & 99242788 (24 hours) or by email: sib@caapakistan.com.pk.

Aircraft

Registration
AP-BJN
Reported as
Boeing 737 (400)
Category
Airplane
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Shaheen
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal