Sky Express JS41 at Rhodes on Feb. 2nd, 2015, Gear Collapse and Runway Excursion on Landing

By Simon Hradecky, The Aviation Herald | Feb. 02, 2015
A Sky Express Jetstream 41, registration SX-DIA performing flight GQ-100 from Heraklion to Rhodes (Greece) with 16 passengers, landed hard on Rhodes' runway 07 at 7:36 a.m. L (5:36 a.m. Z) causing the left hand main gear to collapse and the aircraft to veer left towards the edge of the runway partly exiting the runway egde but coming to a stop on the paved surface of the runway. No injuries occurred, the aircraft received substantial damage to left main gear, left wing, left hand propeller and left hand engine however