NSIB links Dana Air runway incident to landing gear malfunction

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau has released a preliminary report on the incident involving a Dana Air MD 82 aircraft that skidded off the Lagos airport runway on April 23, 2024, attributing the incident to a failure in the aircraft's nose landing gear . Recalled that following the runway incursion by the aircraft upon…

The report, which was released on Friday but seen by The Guardian on Saturday, stated that the Dana Air crew noticed severe vibration and loud noise from the NLG area as the aircraft reached 80 knots during its approach. “At 09:23 h, DAN0352 informed Tower of its intention to execute a Go-Around. At 09:24 h, while executing the Go-Around, DAN0352 did a LOW PASS over the station and requested the Duty Air Traffic Controller to check if the NLG was down. The DATCO responded,

“At 09:30 hrs, Approach Control cleared DAN0352 for an ILS Approach RWY 18L. At 09:33 h, DAN0352 contacted Tower, reporting 9 miles Touchdown RWY 18L, and was given weather information: DNMM 0800 UTC; Wind 350o/05 kt runway 18L, cleared to land caution runway surface damp. As the crew selected the Landing Flap position, the Landing Gear Configuration Warning came ON and continued until the aircraft touched down.

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