Incident · 1996-04-03

NTSB case CHI96IA125 · ATR 42 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1996-04-03
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: ATR 42 (N421MQ)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

improper use of procedures by maintenance personnel at an overhaul facility during overhaul of the landing gear, allowing corrosion to occur on the barrel lugs of the landing gear, which subsequently led to fatigue cracking of the lugs and eventual collapse of the gear.

Source: NTSB case CHI96IA125

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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