Accident Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 G-BCDO,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325993

Date:	Thursday 19 July 1990
Time:	20:30
Type:	Fokker F-27 Friendship 200
Owner/operator:	Air UK
Registration:	G-BCDO
MSN:	10234
Year of manufacture:	1963
Total airframe hrs:	51397 hours
Cycles:	53289 flights
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 21
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS) - Netherlands
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	London-Stansted Airport (STN/EGSS)
Destination airport:	Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM)

Narrative:
Flight UK872 departed London-Stansted Airport (STN), U.K. at 17:20 hours on a flight to Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS), the Netherlands. During the approach to Schiphol the right hand main landing gear failed to lock down. The flight entered a holding pattern to burn fuel. A forced landing was made on runway 09/27. Shortly after touchdown the right hand main gear folded back.
The aircraft was ferried to Norwich were it withdrawn from use and scrapped there Nov. 1991.

Sources:

Airnieuws 301 (p. 17)
Spider nr.16 november 1995 (11-12)

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