- Date
- October 19, 2009, 22:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Melbourne Airport, Australia
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- VH-VUIBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Landing: Aircraft structural failure
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 75088
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Factual narrative
On October 20, 2009, at 0900 local time, a Virgin Blue Airlines Boeing 737-800 airplane, registration VH-VUI, experienced a failure of the right main landing gear outboard wheel assembly during landing at Melbourne Airport in Melbourne, Australia. No one was injured on the scheduled domestic flight. The airplane suffered minor damage. The incident is being investigated by the Australian Transport Safety Board. Further information pertaining to this incident may be obtained from: Australian Transport Safety Board 62 Northbourne Avenue Canberra ACT 2601 Tel: (02) 6257 4150 Fax: (02) 6247 3117 www.atsb.gov.au This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information obtained for, or released by, the Government of Australia.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- VH-VUI
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (8FE)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34441
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Virgin Blue Airlines PTY LTD
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- ADL · Adelaide
- Destination
- MEL · Melbourne Airport
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- MEL · Melbourne Airport