ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324533
| Date: | Wednesday 24 January 1996 |
| Time: | 10:18 |
| Type: |  Dassault Falcon 10 |
| Owner/operator: | Masco Corporation |
| Registration: | N191MC |
| MSN: | 30 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9829 hours |
| Engine model: | Garrett TFE731-2-1C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Philadelphia-North Philadelphia Airport, PA (PNE/KPNE) |
| Flint-Bishop Airport, MI (FNT/KFNT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Falcon 10 corporate jet departed North Philadelphia Airport, PA (PNE) at 08:25 en route to Flint, MI (FNT).
On approach the pilot reported getting an unsafe indication on the right main landing gear when the landing gear was lowered. The crew recycled the landing gear and got the same unsafe indication. The crew retracted the gear and diverted to Detroit. On arrival, the crew performed the 'landing gear abnormal extension checklist,' but the unsafe indication remained. The air traffic control tower reported that the gear appeared normal. During the landing on runway 3R, the right main landing gear retracted. The airplane slid sideways, striking a runway marker as it departed the runway, and came to rest in a field. Examination revealed that the right landing gear downlock mechanism could be overcome with physical force. Examination of the right landing gear actuator revealed that one of the six shims which separate the spacers and help guide the safety lock switch was out of position and lying on top of the lock assembly.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the right landing gear locking mechanism."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB id CHI96LA082
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