# NTSB ENG10WA004: Boeing 737, Melbourne Airport, Australia, October 19, 2009

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 19, 2009, 22:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Melbourne Airport, Australia
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Aircraft structural failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75088
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG10WA004
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75088/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG10WA004

## 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 best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Aircraft structural failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-VUI (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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