Nose Gear 2 i Russland - Curt Lewis

Accident: Rusline CRJ1 at Tomsk on Feb 3rd 2020, nose gear collapse on landing

A Rusline Canadair CRJ-100, registration VQ-BNB performing flight 7R-823 from Ekaterinburg to Tomsk (Russia) with 32 passengers and 3 crew, landed on Tomsk's runway 21, touched down safely and slowed when at about 80 knots over ground the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft skidded to a stop on the runway. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained substantial damage. Rosaviatsia reported the nose gear collapsed at about 80 knots during roll out, the passengers were evacuated. No injuries occurred, the aerodrome needed to be closed until the aircraft could be moved off the runway onto taxiway D (about 1500 meters/5000 feet down the runway). The West Siberian Transport Prosecutor ordered an examination of the runway.