Incident – Pegasus Airlines, flight PC939 ( Istanbul to Basel ) , landed at EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg with it’s nose landing gear rotated about 90 degrees.
Tires are also damaged as a result of the dragging on the runway.
No injuries reported , but air traffic was disrupted in Basel.
Probable cause may be Possible faults with O-ring seals in the landing-gear steering module.
Author – Tanmay Palei
Sr. Aircraft Structure Engineer
