Incident · 2001-04-26
What the record says
- Event date
- 2001-04-26
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71F (N8076U)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- EMERY WORLDWIDE AIRLINES Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Emery Worldwide Airlines, Inc.
Probable cause
The failure of company maintenance personnel to install the correct hydraulic landing gear extension component, and the failure of company maintenance inspection personnel to comply with proper post maintenance test procedures, resulting in the impossibility of the LMLG to extend, and the subsequent LMLG up landing. A factor in the accident was the improper identification tag marking on the replacement component, and no marking on the component, itself.
Source: NTSB case MIA01IA129Flight 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.