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Air Europa Airbus Runs over Debris.
On April 16, 2013, an Air Europa Airbus A330-202 #EC-JPF was en route from Madrid-Barajas Airport to Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport in Venezuela. However, the flight took off after an Aéromexico tail strike, and ran over fuselage debris which punctured a nose gear tire. Pilots circled the airport, and returned to Barajas where they... »
Hard Landing at McGhee Tyson Airport
What: TBM7 twin engine en route from Hanover County Municipal Airport in Ashland, Va. to McGhee Tyson Where: McGhee Tyson When: Dec 12, 2012 Who: pilot and passenger Why: After developing nose gear issues, the plane made an emergency landing at McGhee Tyson Airport, ALCOA Tennessee Emergency vehicles were on standby. »
Contract Air Cargo Freight Convair Damaged in Guatemala Landing
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Gary Chambers What: IFL Group/Contract Air Cargo Convair CV-440 en route from Miami to Guatemala City Where: Guatemala City When: May 11th 2012 Who: 2 crew Why: The Contract Air Cargo freight flight landing in Guatemala City on Friday had a less than stellar... »
Saudi Arabian Airlines Lands On Nose
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Ian Clarke What: Saudi Arabian Airlines/Onur Air Airbus A300-600 en route from Madinah to Jeddah Where: Jeddah When: May 1 2012 Who: 10 crew Why: Pilots had an indication of unsafe nose gear and landed without nose gear at Jeddah at 12:55. Emergency crew... »
Colgan Main Gear Landing in Houston
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer A. Kwanten What: United/Colgan de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Little Rock,AR to Houston Where: Houston When: Apr 7th 2012 Who: 31 passengers, 4 crew Why: While on approach to Houston, the gear did not come down. The crew performed a fly by,... »
Nose Gear Issue Aborts Airbus Takeoff from Dusseldorf
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Giovanni Curto What: Belle Air Europe Airbus A320-200 en route from Dusseldorf to Pristina Kosovo Where: Dusseldorf When: Mar 21st 2012 Why: The Airbus was on the runway in Dussseldorf when the plane developed a problem with the nose gear. At low speed, the... »
Atlanta Emergency Landing with Jammed Nose Wheels
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Frank Robitaille What: United/Shuttle America Embraer ERJ-170 en route from Atlanta,GA to Newark,NJ Where: Newark When: Feb 27th 2012 6:20 p.m Who: 69 passengers and 4 crew Why: While on approach to Newark, the crew received a gear disagreement msg, and aborted their approach.... »
Johannesburg Airlink Gear-up Landing
What: South African Airlink Avro RJ-85 en route from Johannesburg to Pietermaritzburg South Africa Where: Johannesburg When: Nov 10th 2011 9:20 pm Who: 73 passengers and 4 crew Why: Just after takeoff from Johannesburg, the flight developed nose gear trouble. When the pilots returned to the airport, the nose gear did not come down,... »
Iran Air Sans Nose Gear
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Aleksey Lisitsyn What: Iran Air Boeing 727-200 en route from Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) to Tehran Imam Khomeini Where: Tehran When: Oct 18th 2011 Who: 94 passengers and 19 crew Why: On approach to Imam Khomeini Airport, the crew aborted the approach due to a... »
Mahan Flight W5-613 Emergency Landing in Iran
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Shahram Sharifi What: Mahan Airbus A300-600 en route from Tehran to Mashad Where: Mashad When: Sep 4th 2011 Who: 230 passengers Why: The hard landing of Mahan flight W5-613 blew out the nose wheel tires, causing the flight to skid off the runway on... »
