Accident: Philippine Airlines DH8D at Catarman on Aug 11th 2008
Here comes the landing gear problems!!!!
A Philippine Airlines de Havilland Dash-8-400, flight PR29 from Manila to Catarman (Philippines) with 75 passengers and 3 crew, had safely landed on runway 04 at Catarman Airport and was going to taxi off the runway, when the airplane's nosewheel struck a soft spot in the runway's surface, the airline reported.
While doing a 180 degrees turn to backtrack the runway, the airplane's right main gear hit a soft spot in the runway's surface, causing the airplane's gear to collapse, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said.
No injuries were reported. The runway needed to be closed down for the entire Monday