Transavia Airlines Flight 462

PH-TKC, the Boeing 757-200 involved, flying for Axis Airways as F-HAXY in 2006
Accident summary
Date	24 December, 1997
Type	Hard landing leading to nosegear damage resulting in a runway over-run
Site	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Passengers	205
Crew	8
Survivors	213 (all)
Aircraft type	Boeing 757-200
Operator	Transavia Airlines
Tail number	PH-TKC
Flight origin	Gran Canaria Airport, Gran Canaria, Spain
Destination	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Transavia Airlines Flight 462 was a Boeing 757-200, registered PH-TKC, that was damaged upon landing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in 1997. On 24 December 1997, flight HV462 was damaged severely whilst landing at Amsterdam. The aircraft landed in strong, gusty winds and touched down hard with its right main gear first. On touchdown the nose gear broke out of the doghouse. After gliding over the runway for approximately 3 km, it came to rest in the grass beside the runway. Serious damage was inflicted on some electronic systems and control-cables.

Contents 1 PH-TKC Today 2 References 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] PH-TKC Today

The plane was repaired and placed back into service with Transavia Airlines until 2003. PH-TKC now flies for Avianca, an airline based in Colombia as N635AV.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Lists of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners
• Air safety

[edit] External links

• HV462 incident report

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