Incident · 1995-05-13

NTSB case NYC95IA106 · DOUGLAS DC-8-71 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1995-05-13
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: DOUGLAS DC-8-71 (N707UP)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

preexisting crack(s) on the inside surface of the right main landing gear cylinder, and the subsequent fracture of the cylinder, which resulted in a collapse of the right main landing gear.

Source: NTSB case NYC95IA106

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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