ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 359022
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| Date: | Saturday 13 May 1995 |
| Time: | 00:29 LT |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-8-71 (F) |
| Owner/operator: | United Parcel Service |
| Registration: | N707UP |
| MSN: | 45907/288 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3344 hours |
| Engine model: | CFM CFM56-2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Louisville, KY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Minneapolis, MN (MSP |
| (KSDF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE DC-8-71 LANDED, AND THEN ON ROLLOUT, IT SETTLED TO THE RIGHT, ALLOWING THE #3 AND #4 ENGINE COWLINGS TO SETTLE ONTO THE RUNWAY. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CYLINDER HAD FAILED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY, JUST ABOVE THE RETRACT CYLINDER ATTACH POINT. THE LANDING GEAR THEN ROTATED AND COLLAPSED REARWARD. METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR CYLINDER REVEALED PREEXISTING CRACKS ON THE INSIDE SURFACE. THE CAUSE OF THE CRACKING WAS NOT VERIFIED.
Probable Cause: preexisting crack(s) on the inside surface of the right main landing gear cylinder, and the subsequent fracture of the cylinder, which resulted in a collapse of the right main landing gear.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC95IA106
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Mar-2024 20:48 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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