Accident · 1993-04-27

NTSB case DEN93FA049 · MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-82 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1993-04-27
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-82 (N72822)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

A VIBRATION IN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS, WHICH RESULTED IN COLLAPSE OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. A FACTOR WAS FAILURE OF THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO ENSURE DEPLOYMENT OF THE GROUND SPOILERS.

Source: NTSB case DEN93FA049

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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