Accident · 1999-10-05

NTSB case NYC00LA005 · McDonnell Douglas MD-11F · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1999-10-05
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-11F (N606FE)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: FedEx Corporation Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): FEDEX

Probable cause

A divergent, longitudinal oscillation of undetermined origin on the center landing gear, which caused a failure of the center landing gear lower drag brace during landing roll.

Source: NTSB case NYC00LA005

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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