20jan2015 Afghanistan pics: BN-2 Islander landing mishap

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Status: Preliminary
Date: Tuesday 20 January 2015
Type: IRMA/Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2T Islander
Operator: Xcalibur Airborne Geophysics
Registration: ZS-NAT
C/n / msn: 2158
First flight: 1986

http://aviation-safety.net/database/rec ... 20150120-1

A Britten-Norman BN-2T Islander sustained substantial damage in a forced landing in the Dawlatabad District of Balkh Province in Afghanistan. Both crew members survived.

The airplane, equipped with geophysical survey equipment, sustained substantia damage when the undercarriage broke away during a forced landing on sandy terrain.