Video: ANA 767 Makes Hard Landing Today (That's Not Gonna Buff Out)
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 07:27PM
(also check out this older post: Video Proof: Boeing 777 Is Built Ford Tough!)
Watching this video captured earlier today of an All Nippon Airways Boeing 767 making a hard landing at Tokyo Narita Airport seems kinda funny at first... it looks a lot like of those wacky landing videos that you've probably seen before on youtube on some night when you couldn't sleep. But, while it appears no one was hurt in this incident, the airplane is damaged pretty severely in this landing.
In the video you'll see views from both the right and left side of the aircraft once parked at the gate that show substantial fuselage skin wrinkling. And I would guess if there's that much visible damage, then there's probably a lot more that isn't easily seen. Wow, that's gonna be a really expensive repair, and then there's always the possibility that the basic airframe is damaged bad enough to end up being scrapped. Either way it's not a good day for the crew. Even if the investigation shows that it wasn't pilot error, no one wants to be be sitting up front when an airplane is damaged bad enough to require scrapping.
Video screenshot: ANA 767 with visible skin wrinkles after hard landing early today
We seem to see so much more of these kind of hard landings these days (with or without damage), but it's very important to remember that easy-to-shoot video is everywhere in this modern life. It wasn't all that long ago that the vast majority of airliner landings were made with absolutely no visual record of them. Tho I will say that it would sure be interesting to see some data on the number of landings that result in airframe damage today compared to 40 years ago.
It'll be interesting to see what the outcome is for this particular airframe, hopefully that info will be easy to find when it's finally determined what the full the extent of the damage is. Ultimately tho, I'd sure like us to get to the point where airframes that are expected to operate for thousands and thousands of cycles never have to endure the stress that these hard landings impart into them.
Reader Comments (15)
I am surprised the undercarriage didn't collapse I would surprised if they don't scrap this 767 I am sure the repairs would cost more than the aircraft is worth
Wow! I'm surprised the nose gear tires didn't blow, followed by a collapse. I agree with Glen. Repairs would require removing the wings, stripping out the interior, and putting the fuselage back into the production jigs. Sounds like salvage to me. There's about 1000 of them out there, including some relatively new ones (and old ones,of course) in storage.
It didn't seem to land hard at all but after the bounce he stuffed the nose and touched down nose wheel first. The airframe can't take much weight on the nosewheel alone so it bent.
Wow, Got to love American made aircraft! Front landing gear held up like it was engineered! If that was an a310 or 330, I don't know if that plane makes it to the gate :/
Has to be pilot error
very reminiscent of the fedex crash @ Narita in 2009 but with a better outcome. Planes are replaceable people are not..
Well, if you don't know if it would make it, how can you imply that it wouldn't. Japan Airlines may buy an Airbus now that this one will go for scrap. ;)
As a former Pilot Examiner for All Nippon Airways, I wonder if I was privileged to have met the PF on that landing.
that is going to be pilot error....he should have continued with the flare. and if that wasn't possible, instead of planting the nose back down, he should have flared again and settled the plane down.
absolutely a pilot error this time because some other airline just landed before and after the incident and nothing happen or to be blame about the weather.
Pilots are trained to land at any cross wind or at any weather condition. As what my flight instructor said long ago that pilots are not trained to be stupid they are trained to be perfect human beings and the highest form of human beings ever created on earth. I wonder why some pilots loose touch of the control I never mis my landing touch on the control and I always try to do my best take-off and landing 747-400D
so John the fact that there was wind shear has nothing to do with it? METAR data at the time of the incident: <B>RJAA 200430Z 23016G29KT 9999 FEW025 BKN/// 28/21 Q0998 WS R16L NOSIG RMK 1CU025A2948</B> know all the facts before you blame someone.People are so quick to judge these pilots. They were convicted by you over a 30 second video clip from one angle. Glad you don't work for the NTSB,
pilot eror です。。。
"Japan Endless Discovery" Oct 2010
Incident 20. Jun 2012 at NRT when bounced on landing, causing severe damage (creases) in the fuselage
returned to service 26. Dec 2012...
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That 767-381ER is around 18 years old so *IF* they spend the time and money to repair it, it would happen only because they would be stripping it down to the ribs and floor supports to convert to a freighter otherwise, she's spare parts and future soft drink cans.