Accident · 2001-05-23

NTSB case FTW01FA127 · Fokker F28 Mk 0100 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 2001-05-23
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Fokker F28 Mk 0100 (N1419D)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

A forging fold that was introduced during the manufacture of the right main landing, which resulted in a fatigue crack in the right main landing gear cylinder, and its subsequent failure during landing.

Source: NTSB case FTW01FA127

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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