Alaska Airlines makes hard landing - puts landing gear through the wing

[AisleSeat]

An Alaska Airlines flight made a hard landing amid Tropical Storm Hilary late Sunday, sending sparks flying into the night sky at John Wayne Airport in Southern California.

Flight 1288 was traveling from Seattle to Santa Ana in Orange County, when it appears to have hit the ground, dragging its left wing down the short tarmac.

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/21/1195150202/alaska-airlines-flight-hard-landing-california-storms

 

[Mwenenzi]

avhearld--->The Aviation Herald

 

[jb747]

Interesting video. It looks stable, and the touchdown doesn’t appear all that hard. I might be inclined towards the issue being other than too heavy an arrival.

 

[SYD]

Interesting video. It looks stable, and the touchdown doesn’t appear all that hard. I might be inclined towards the issue being other than too heavy an arrival.

Interesting that even the PAX can be overheard saying “Why are we coming in so fast?”… Followed by “WTF!”….

 

[jgm]

Should buff out

 

[Mwenenzi]

Interesting video. It looks stable, and the touchdown doesn’t appear all that hard. I might be inclined towards the issue being other than too heavy an arrival.

Yes.

On Aug 25th 2023 The Aviation Herald learned, that other than initial reports suggested, the aircraft did not suffer a hard landing. The aft trunnion shear pin failed causing the damage to the upper wing panels.