DCA13WA023

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 737 · Casablanca, Morocco · October 24, 2012

Incident · No injuriesForeign investigation
Date
October 24, 2012, 00:00 local (00:00 UTC)
Place
Casablanca, Morocco
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
CN-ROABoeing 737
Defining event
Landing: Landing gear collapse
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
85635

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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.

Factual narrative

On October 24, 2012 a Boeing 737-800, registration CN-ROA experienced a nosewheel failure during taxiing after landing at the Casablanca / Mohammed V Airport. The airplane was operated by Royal Air Maroc as flight 471 from Tunis, Tunisia. There were no injuries. The flight crew reported that after a normal landing at Casablanca, the right hand nose wheel departed the nose landing gear assembly during taxi to gate. This incident is being investigated by the Morrocan AIB www.dac-maroc.gov.ma

Aircraft

Registration
CN-ROA
Reported as
Boeing 737 (800)
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Royal Air Maroc
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Departed
Tunis
Destination
Casablanca
Flight plan
Unknown
Airport
Casablanca