Narrative:
According to the pilot, an unsafe right gear indication was received during approach to New Bern. During a flyby the control tower controller confirmed the right gear was not fully extended. The pilot declared an emergency and diverted to Kingston Regional Jetport to conduct an emergency landing on runway 05. On landing roll the right main landing gear collapsed and the airplane slid off of the runway. Examination of the right main landing gear revealed the drag brace was fractured.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The fatigue failure of the main drag stay tube. A factor is no inspection procedure required."
Runway mishap
accident date: 08-03-2003
type: Fokker F-27 Friendship 500RF
registration: N712FE
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | Saturday 8 March 2003 |
| Time: | 10:27 |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 500RF |
| Operated by: | Mountain Air Cargo |
| On behalf of: | FedEx Express |
| Registration: | N712FE |
| MSN: | 10613 |
| First flight: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 26665 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls-Royce Dart 532-7R |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Kinston Regional Jetport, NC (ISO) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Greensboro/High Point-Piedmont Triad International Airport, NC (GSO/KGSO), United States of America |
| New Bern-Craven County Regional Airport, NC (EWN/KEWN), United States of America |
According to the pilot, an unsafe right gear indication was received during approach to New Bern. During a flyby the control tower controller confirmed the right gear was not fully extended. The pilot declared an emergency and diverted to Kingston Regional Jetport to conduct an emergency landing on runway 05. On landing roll the right main landing gear collapsed and the airplane slid off of the runway. Examination of the right main landing gear revealed the drag brace was fractured.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The fatigue failure of the main drag stay tube. A factor is no inspection procedure required."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Landing gear collapseRunway mishap
Sources:
» NTSB ATL03LA056Photos
accident date: 08-03-2003
type: Fokker F-27 Friendship 500RF
registration: N712FE
Map
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Distance from Greensboro/High Point-Piedmont Triad International Airport, NC to New Bern-Craven County Regional Airport, NC as the crow flies is 284 km (177 miles).
Distance from Greensboro/High Point-Piedmont Triad International Airport, NC to New Bern-Craven County Regional Airport, NC as the crow flies is 284 km (177 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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