Date: | Friday 20 April 2018 |
Time: | 14:18 |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas MD-83 |
Owner/operator: | World Atlantic Airlines |
Registration: | N807WA |
MSN: | 53093/2066 |
Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
Total airframe hrs: | 43724 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 101 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Alexandria International Airport, LA (AEX) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD) |
Destination airport: | Alexandria International Airport, LA (AEX/KAEX) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration N807WA, suffered a right hand main landing gear collapsed during landing rollout at Alexandria International Airport, Louisiana, USA. Due to the gear failure, the right wing dragged on the runway creating a friction fire which was quickly put out by the airport rescue and firefighting personnel
The aircraft operated on a flight on behalf of the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and originated from Chicago-O'Hare International Airport.
The landing gear cylinder fractured under normal landing loads due to the presence of a fatigue crack on the forward side of the cylinder in an area subject to an AD inspection for cracks (AD 2004-05-03). The most recent AD inspection of the cylinder was performed 218 landings prior when the fatigue crack was large enough to be detectable. A previous AD inspection performed 497 landings prior to the accident also did not detect the crack that would have been marginally detectable at the time.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the right main landing gear under normal loads due to fatigue cracking in an area subject to an FAA Airworthiness Directive that was not adequately inspected."
METAR:
18:53 UTC / 13:53 local time:
KAEX 201853Z 31005KT 10SM CLR 18/05 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP247 T01830050
19:33 UTC / 14:33 local time:
KAEX 201933Z 27003KT 10SM CLR 18/06 A3024 RMK AO2 AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT T01830056
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | DCA18FA144 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 2 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
KALB Location
Images:
photo (c) Bob Maddern; Alexandria International Airport, LA (AEX); 25 April 2018
photo (c) Robert Maddern; Alexandria International Airport, LA (AEX); 21 April 2018
photo (c) Robert Maddern; Alexandria International Airport, LA (AEX); 06 June 2018
photo (c) Robert Maddern; Alexandria International Airport, LA (AEX); 23 November 2018
photo (c) Robert Maddern; Alexandria International Airport, LA (AEX); 23 November 2018
photo (c) Robert Maddern; Alexandria International Airport, LA (AEX); 24 November 2018
photo (c) Robert Maddern; Alexandria International Airport, LA (AEX); 24 November 2018
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