Description

On 25 February 2010, a Bombardier CRJ200 being operated by Air Nostrum on a domestic passenger flight from Bilbao to Vigo carried out an Instrument Landing System (ILS) approach to runway 20 in day Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) which culminated in a non standard touchdown during which one wing touched the runway. The ground contact and consequential minor damage was not appreciated at the time and was found during a subsequent ground inspection. None of the 23 occupants were injured.

Investigation

An Investigation was carried out by the Spanish CIAIAC. The accident was only reported to the NAA as an occurrence and the CIAIAC only learned of it upon subsequent sight of the weekly list of occurrences complied by the NAA. The Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) record had not been preserved but Flight Data Recorder (FDR) data was available.

It was noted that both pilots were experienced on type and established that the First Officer had been designated as PF for the approach and landing.

The METAR-reported wind velocity at the time of the approach was a mean of 240° varying between 220° and 290° at a mean speed of 22 knots with a maximum gust of 33 knots and advice that there was wind shear along the whole length if the 2500m runway. It was established during the Investigation that the crosswind component from the right had remained within AFM limits throughout the landing.