Another Sukhoi Superjet Crash

[SwissCyul]

And another accident.

 

Yesterday, a Sukhoi Superjet 100-95 landed without the landing gear out at Keflavik, Iceland. The test pilots were making tests in bad weather. The plane made several touch and go's over the airport. On the final approach they were making a Cat III crosswind landing with one engine out. But they were so busy keeping the aircraft stable that they forgot to put out the landing gear. 

 

 

 

Official Report (Not yet complete, still in development):

 

 

Status: Preliminary

 

Date: 21 JUL 2013

Time: 05:30 

Type:Sukhoi Superjet 100-95 

Operator: Sukhoi Civil Aircraft

 

Registration: 97005 C/n / msn: 95005

 

First flight: 2010-02-04 (3 years 6 months)

 

Engines: 2 PowerJet SaM146

 

Crew: Fatalities: 0 /Occupants: 5

 

Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0

 

Total: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5

 

Airplane damage: Minor

 

Location: Reykjavík-Keflavík International Airport (KEF) (Iceland) 

 

Phase: Landing (LDG)

Nature: Test

 

Departure airport: Reykjavík-Keflavík International Airport (KEF/BIKF), Iceland

 

Destination airport: Reykjavík-Keflavík International Airport (KEF/BIKF), Iceland

 

 

Narrative:
A Sukhoi Superjet 100-95 carried out a gear-up landing at Reykjavík-Keflavík International Airport (KEF), Iceland. The five persons on board suffered minor injuries.
The airplane took off from runway 20 at Keflavík Airport at 04:03 hours local time. The crew then flew several circuits with approaches to runway 20 as part of a test or training flight.
At 05:10 the airplane was positioned for an approach to runway 11. The airplane overflew the runway and flew a wide circle over sea for another approach. 
The undercarriage was not down as it landed on runway 11. The airplane came to rest in the grass past the end of the runway.

Edited July 22, 2013 by SwissCyul

[Ntr09]

And here we are talking about the 787 having problems...

 

-NR

[Andyrooc]

I read they were making approaches for autoland certification, which included approaches on one engine. There was nothing saying the crash approach was one with an engine out, although that would certainly increase the work. They have really got to stop crashing this nice little aircraft. It should at least have been warning the pilots audibly of too low/terrain/landing gear.

[SwissCyul]

Well the first crash of the superjet was because the pilots didn't know what the terrain warning was. They just turned it off. And maybe this time they turned the master caution system off because they were making some tests. And they did have one engine off for test reasons at the time of the crash.

 

And for the defenders of the 787:

 

This is a complete different story because the plane itself had no problems. This time it was pure pilot error.

[Orcair]

More bad luck for a company already bleeding money. The upcoming delivery to Interjet has a lot at stake.

[SwissCyul]

More bad luck for a company already bleeding money. The upcoming delivery to Interjet has a lot at stake.

And it's not even the fault of the company. They already had huge problems with the first crash. And now this is again ruining their reputation... 

 

I think you're right, extreme bad luck. I hope the buyers of the Superjet don't cancel their orders...