Originally Posted by
MartinAOA
The Air contractor DHL A300 incident at Bratislava was caused by the NLG collapse (Improper maintenance) during rollout. Nothing to do with the airfield design.
From the investigation report:
"The main landing gear touched the runway about 700 m from the threshold of runway 22. The crew deployed the thrust reversers. About six seconds after the nose gear touched, the crew felt strong vibrations that increased as the speed dropped. At 85 kt, the thrust reversers were retracted. The aeroplane veered towards the left. The PF explained that he applied energetic braking and tried in vain to counter the rocking by using the rudder pedals then the nose gear steering control. He added that the sequence occurred so quickly that he did not think to use differential braking (2) to try to keep the aeroplane on the runway.
The aeroplane exited the runway to the left at a speed of about 45 kt. Its nose gear struck a concrete inspection pit and collapsed. The aeroplane skidded for a few dozen metres before coming to a stop. The crew evacuated the aeroplane. Between the start of the vibrations and the aeroplane stopping, it had rolled about 400 metres."
Lateral runway excursion during landing roll, nose landing gear collapse