- Date
- October 23, 2015, 16:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cusco, Peru
- Injuries
- 133 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- OB-2040-PBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear collapse
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 92934
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Factual narrative
The Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes de Aviación – CIAA of Peru has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Peruvian Airlines Boeing 737, which occurred on October 23, 2015. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the CIAA investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane. During the landing sequence, after about 8 seconds a vibration was felt and subsequent collapse of the airplanes right main landing gear occurred. It was also observed that the left main landing gear had a broken shimmy damper actuator and a torsion link fracture. All investigative information will be released by the CIAA.
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
- OB-2040-P
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (3K2)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24329
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Operator
- Peruvian Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- SPIM · Lima
- Destination
- SPZO · Cusco
- Airport
- SPZO · Alejandro Velasco Astete Airpo
- Equipment
- Unknown