Philippine Airlines Flight 137
| Philippine Airlines Flight 137 | |
|---|---|
 An Airbus A320-214 of the Philippine Airlines |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Off the runway due to thrust asymmetry |
| place |
Bacolod City , Philippines
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| date | March 22, 1998 |
| Survivors | 130 |
| Injured | 44 |
| Fatalities on the ground | 3 |
| Injured on the ground | 25th |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type |
 Airbus A320-214
|
| operator |
Philippine Airlines
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| Mark |
RP-C3222
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| Departure airport |
Manila Airport , Philippines
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| Destination airport |
Bacolod City Domestic Airport , Philippines
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| Passengers | 124 |
| crew | 6th |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
The Philippine Airlines Flight 137 was a domestic flight line of the airline Philippine Airlines from Manila to Bacolod City . On March 22, 1998, a serious incident occurred on this flight when an Airbus A320-214 (RP-C3222) overshot the runway and crashed into a settlement. Three people were killed and 69 people injured in the accident.
plane
The aircraft involved in the accident was an Airbus A320-214, which was nine months old at the time of the accident. It was the 708th Airbus A320 from ongoing production. The aircraft was finally assembled at the Airbus plant in Toulouse , France and completed its maiden flight with the test registration F-WWIO on June 23, 1997, before it was delivered to Philippine Airlines on August 21, 1997 . The machine was certified with the aircraft registration RP-C3222 , with which it remained in operation until the end. The twin - engine, narrow -body aircraft was equipped with two CFMI-CFM56-5B4 engines. At the time of the accident, the machine had completed a cumulative operating performance of 1,224 operating hours with 1,070 take-offs and landings.
Passengers and crew
There were 124 passengers on board, as well as a six-person crew consisting of a flight captain, a first officer and four flight attendants.
the accident
The machine took off at 6:40 p.m. from Manila Airport to fly to Bacolod City Domestic Airport. The thrust reverser of the left engine was defective at takeoff. On the approach to Bacolod, the pilots received clearance to land on runway 04. The thrust lever of engine no. 1 was left in the climb lock. When touching down, the first officer shouted “no spoilers, no reverse gear, no delay”. Engine # 2 was set to full reverse thrust after touchdown, but the left engine thrust lever was not pushed to idle. As a result, the spoilers were not activated. The left engine gave climb thrust due to the thrust lever position, creating a thrust asymmetry that caused the machine to deviate to the right of the runway. The reverse thrust of engine no. 2 was then withdrawn, causing the machine to roll back onto the runway. Eventually she overshot the runway end, pierced the airport fence and flew over a stream, whereupon she slid into a cottage area. In doing so, she tore several huts with her before she came to a standstill.
Victim
44 people were injured in the machine in the accident. Three people died and 25 were injured in the hut settlement.
root cause
The cause of the accident was found to be the inability of the pilot flying to correctly assess the situation of the aircraft immediately after touching down with the reverse gear of engine no. 1. This resulted in an unfavorable flight condition with extreme thrust asymmetry during landing, which initially led to the aircraft deviating from the runway and finally to overshooting it. The crew's apparent lack of technical system knowledge and the lack of assessment of the catastrophic effects of a misinterpretation of the provisions and requirements of a minimum equipment list (MEL) contributed to this accident.
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- Accident report A320-200, RP-C3222 in the Aviation Safety Network
- Operating history A320-200, RP-C3222 , planespotters.net
Coordinates: 10 ° 39 ′ 1 ″ N , 122 ° 56 ′ 11 ″ E