Norwegian regionalplane off runway...

[Dash8100]

Norwegian regional airline Wideroe had its second incident in three years, where a wheel broke off, making the planes (Dash 8-100) leave the runway. Both incidents happened in the northenmost part of Norway, where planes are operating from 800 meter runways. Nobody injured in both cases.

Picture:
http://www.finnmarkdagblad.no/42/61/14/5.html

For those who read scandinavian:
http://www.finnmarkdagblad.no/42/61/14/1.html

[A7E Driver]

Was it a hard landing, bad maintenance or bad luck (material failure)?

[Dash8100]

The first incident is said to be caused by a bolt that snapped. The final report is not yet available.

The last plane is said to have been touching down with an angle. Apparantly more than the undercarriage could take. Has anybody heard of similar incidents, involving the Dash-8?

[freightdoggy dog]

come on Barcode, are this lot a bunch of cowboys as well ?

[Flap40]

Dash8100

Check out http://www.aaib.detr.gov.uk/bulletin/jun99/gbryp.htm

[Dash8100]

With regard to my first post; it now seems that both incidents where due to some kind of "safetybolt" that is supposed to snap in case of a very hard landing, so that the wings and fueltanks would not be destroyed. Approachprosedures for these small airports in northern Norway might be revued, because of these incidents.

More info for the scandinavian readers:

http://www.finnmarkdagblad.no/42/66/84/1.html

[Dash8100]

It looks like the Dash 8-100, LN-WIS, that slid off the runway with the right undercarriage broken, could be to damaged to be worth repairing. If there is further structural damage than can be seen with a quick overview (se picture below) there is a chance that the plane will be scapped.

Article for scandinaves:
http://www.finnmarken.no/43/16/03/2.html

Picture:
http://www.finnmarken.no/43/16/03/8.html