Appendix
Turbojet Airplane Hard-landing Accidents and Incidents, 1996–2002 (continued)
Date Location Airplane Type Airplane Damage Injuries
April 25, 2002 Lake in the Hills, Illinois, U.S. Cessna Citation 560 substantial 2 none
The first officer, who had 23 flight hours in type, was the pilot flying during a positioning flight in daytime VMC. The captain said that the approach to the 3,058-foot (933-meter) runway was normal and “on speed,” and that the flare was begun at the proper height; the first officer then applied nose-down pitch control, and the airplane landed “firmly” on all three landing gear and bounced. The captain said that the first bounce was not severe enough to warrant a go-around, but successive bounces were worse. After the second bounce or third bounce, the captain took control of the airplane. He said that the last bounce was high, but airspeed was too slow to conduct a go-around. The last touchdown damaged the nose landing gear. The crew shut down the airplane on the runway. The report said that the probable cause of the accident was “the flight crew’s delay in executing a go-around.”
May 22, 2002 Gibraltar, U.K. Boeing 757-200 substantial 175 none
The crew conducted a visual approach to Runway 27 in daytime VMC with surface winds from 260 degrees at 23 knots. The report said that the flare and touchdown were normal but that after the main landing gear touched down, the captain applied full nose-down pitch control. The airplane rapidly pitched nose-down, and the nosewheel touched down hard on the runway. The landing was completed without further incident. After the airplane was taxied to the gate, significant damage to the forward fuselage in the area of the nosewheel was found.
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