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| Date: | Wednesday 8 November 2017 |
| Time: | c. 20:12 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 |
| Owner/operator: | SpiceJet |
| Registration: | VT-SUL |
| MSN: | 4400 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 76 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) -
 India
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Jabalpur Airport (JLR/VAJB) |
| Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB India |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The plane, flight SG2642, sustained a tail strike upon landing. There were no personal injuries.
The incident happened in nighttime, low visibility conditions. Visibility was reported being 400 meters, ten minutes before landing. Runway 28 RVR was 1300 meters, Runway 29 RVR was 1200 meters.
The haze originated from crop fires in the area.
Probable cause of the incident
Un-stabilized approach due to improper handling of controls i.e. Inadvertent pressing of GA button and movement of throttle below flight idle resulted in heavy landing and subsequently tail strike.
Contributory factors
- Error due to fixation to maintain Glide Slope.
- Depth perception due to low visibility.
- Not carrying out go around after inadvertently pressing GA button
METAR:
Weather reported about the incident time (14:42Z):
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/scary-landing-for-spicejet-passengers-as-plane-scrapes-runway-at-delhi-airport/story-n7ArIqsbP71Pzv8K74NlSJ.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 August 2020 | VT-SUL | SpiceJet | 0 | Cochin International Airport (COK/VOCI) | |
non |
| Near miss with other aircraft | ||||||
Media:
Scary landing for SpiceJet passengers as plane scrapes runway at Delhi airport via @htTweets https://t.co/xZ5zyZHuON pic.twitter.com/ssGRxjBFHM
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 9 novembre 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Nov-2017 07:06 | gerard57 | Added |
| 09-Nov-2017 07:08 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2017 11:03 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2017 11:34 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 10-May-2023 08:17 | harro | Updated |
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