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Old 26th Oct 2016, 17:16
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The GPIAA's own translation is probably a better bet:

"At 9h35m pm of 22th October occurred an incident with ATR aircraft model AT72-600 with registration CS-DJF, pertaining to White Airways company and operated by TAP Express. The Aircraft performs a regular flight of commercial passenger transport, in nocturnal atmosphere between Porto airport (LPPR) and Lisbon airport (LPPT).

The crew was making his sixth stage during a day with bad weather conditions.

During the final approach on ILS runway 21 in minimums instruments approach in LPPT the pilots found, heavy rain conditions and wind gusts plus ascending and descending wind currents.

According crew report below 50 feet the aircraft was shaken and the final approach was in severe conditions of rain, and the plane touched three times on the ground. (Bounced landing).

The aircraft suffered a hard touchdown, bounced, touched down hard again with excessive load on the nose gear causing both nose wheels to separate while the nose gear strut remained intact.

The aircraft still too kinetic energy bounced a second time, touching the third time on the runway and roll on with the main gear and over the nose gear structure.

After the third landing, when the aircraft stabilized on the track and has completed its landing, opening a trench in the runway surface with scraping of the front axle shaft, which supported the weight of the front section of the aircraft, preventing touch the front of the fuselage on ground, stopping after crossing the runway 17/35 intersection. The aircraft had substantial damage to the front landing gear strut.

The crew and passengers were disembarked normally without any injury reports between them.

The incident closed the runway 21/03 until 04:14 UTC when it was released for operations. The GPIAA attended the site and after being made all measures in relation to initial investigation released the aircraft, which was towed to the hangar."

GPIAA-Gabinete de Prevenção e Investigação de Acidentes com Aeronaves
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