A306, Leipzig, Germany, 2024

A306, Leipzig, Germany, 2024

Summary

On 9 February 2024, an Airbus A300-600F bounced four times during an attempted landing at Leipzig with a significant tail strike occurring during the second bounce. This resulted in structural damage to the aircraft. A go-around and a second approach to a successful landing on an alternate runway followed, thus avoiding the damaged runway surface and debris from fuselage-runway contact. Having experienced several similar events in the same month, the aircraft operator significantly increased its pilot training focus on Hard Landing Avoidance, Bounce Recovery, Go-around Technique, and Tail Strike Avoidance in all three aircraft types operated.

Description    

On 9 February 2024, an Airbus A300-600F (D-AZMO) operated by European Air Transport on an international scheduled cargo flight from Tel Aviv to Leipzig as QY995 bounced on the main gear multiple times during the first officer’s attempt to land on Runway 26L at destination in night visual meteorological conditions (VMC). The captain took over and subsequently flew a go-around and made a normal landing on parallel Runway 26R. Runway damage was found over several metres. Structural damage was found to have occurred to the aircraft with associated aircraft-source debris found both on Runway 26L and inside the damaged aft lower fuselage of the aircraft.

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