Hard landing in Santa Ana CA

[Airbrake]

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=50d52882&opt=0


Accident: Alaska B738 at Santa Ana on Aug 20th 2023, hard landing punches gear through wing
By Simon Hradecky, created Monday, Aug 21st 2023 19:29Z, last updated Monday, Aug 21st 2023 20:54Z

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N516AS performing flight AS-1288 from Seattle,WA to Santa Ana,CA (USA), landed on Santa Ana's runway 20R at 23:14L (06:14Z Aug 21st) but touched down hard causing the left main gear strut being punched through the left wing. The aircraft came to a stop on the runway and was disabled. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained substantial damage however.

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight ... /KSEA/KSNA

Metars:
KSNA 210853Z AUTO 12010KT 10SM -RA BKN013 OVC021 19/17 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP126 6//// T01940172 51038 PNO $=
KSNA 210753Z AUTO 13011G21KT 10SM -RA BKN013 OVC023 20/17 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP117 T02000172 402500194 PNO $=
KSNA 210700Z AUTO 14017G23KT 10SM -RA BKN014 OVC020 19/17 A2984 RMK AO2 T01940172 PNO $=
KSNA 210653Z AUTO 14014G26KT 2SM -RA BKN014 OVC022 20/17 A2984 RMK AO2 PK WND 13026/0647 SLP103 T02000172 PNO $=
KSNA 210605Z AUTO 2SM +RA BR OVC011 21/19 A2981 RMK AO2 T02060189 PNO $=
KSNA 210553Z VRB03KT 2SM R20R/6000VP6000FT +RA BR BKN009 OVC013 21/19 A2979 RMK AO2 RAB02 SLP087 LAST 6//// T02060189 10250 20206 51082 PNO $=
KSNA 210501Z 17012G23KT 10SM FEW005 BKN018 OVC025 22/20 A2973 RMK AO2 PRESRR T02170200 PNO $=
KSNA 210453Z 17016G23KT 7SM FEW007 BKN014 OVC025 22/20 A2972 RMK AO2 RAE35 PRESRR SLP063 T02170200 PNO $=
KSNA 210444Z 20009KT 10SM FEW009 OVC015 22/21 A2971 RMK AO2 RAE35 T02220206 PNO $=
KSNA 210420Z 19012KT 2SM -RA SCT007 BKN012 OVC029 22/20 A2969 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 10 PRESRR T02170200 PNO $=
KSNA 210353Z 21013G20KT 2SM -RA BR OVC005 22/20 A2964 RMK AO2 PRESRR SLP036 T02170200 PNO $=
KSNA 210345Z 21012KT 2SM -RA BR BKN005 OVC010 21/20 A2963 RMK AO2 PRESRR T02110200 PNO $=
KSNA 210253Z 12015G23KT 6SM -RA BR OVC009 21/19 A2955 RMK AO2 SLP005 6//// T02110189 53037 PNO $=
KSNA 210231Z 12014G20KT 5SM -RA BR OVC009 22/20 A2953 RMK AO2 T02170200 PNO $=
KSNA 210219Z 13015G23KT 10SM -RA BKN011 OVC017 22/20 A2952 RMK AO2 T02220200 PNO $=
KSNA 210202Z 14014G24KT 10SM -RA BKN015 BKN055 23/20 A2951 RMK AO2 T02280200 PNO $=
KSNA 210153Z 14012G30KT 10SM -RA BKN013 BKN047 OVC060 23/21 A2950 RMK AO2 PK WND 15031/0125 SLP988 T02330206 PNO $=
KSNA 210126Z 15020G31KT 10SM -RA BKN013 OVC018 24/22 A2948 RMK AO2 PK WND 15031/0125 T02390217 PNO $=
KSNA 210110Z 13015G28KT 10SM -RA BKN018 BKN024 OVC055 24/22 A2948 RMK AO2 PK WND 14028/0107 T02440217 PNO $=
KSNA 210053Z 12011G18KT 8SM RA FEW012 OVC055 25/23 A2947 RMK AO2 SLP976 T02500228 PNO $=

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Yikes! That's a might hard landing. Weird though, the movie clip didn't show anything out of the ordinary. Was the gear collapse caused by a hard landing, or was the collapse due to a faulty part?

[Blackdog0301]

It was definitely a hard landing... But I don't feel like it was hard enough for the gear to collapse. There must have been some other component failure.

I also love the commentary on the video. Dude needs to chill.

[YC87DRVR]

I think the real question from the video is, who is the psycho that doesn’t cancel their iPhone alarm??

[StagnantWater]

I think the real question from the video is, who is the psycho that doesn’t cancel their iPhone alarm??

The FBI should probably be interrogating this person. That's enough antisocial behaviour to be probable cause!

[Inverted2]

I think the real question from the video is, who is the psycho that doesn’t cancel their iPhone alarm??

That was the iPhone warning of pending doom.

[daedalusx]

The 737-800 can take some really hard landings without structural damage. This seems different, from the video it really doesn’t look like the kind of landing that causes the main to go through the wing. Wonder if something was already pre-fractured or weaken.