Incident · 1998-02-22
What the record says
- Event date
- 1998-02-22
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Saab-Scania AB (Saab) 340B (N396AE)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- SIMMONS AIRLINES Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- SIMMONS AIRLINES
Probable cause
the collapse of the left main landing gear during landing roll as result of a shorted weight-on-wheels relay. Contributing factors were the insufficient information available to the flight crew in the company's quick reference handbook (QRH), and the manufacturer's inadequate protection of the weight-on-wheels relay from moisture.
Source: NTSB case FTW98IA130Flight 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.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.