Accident Lockheed L-188CF Electra N854U, Tuesday 29 January 1985
- ️Harro Ranter
| Date: | Tuesday 29 January 1985 |
| Time: | 09:36 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-188CF Electra |
| Owner/operator: | Galaxy Airlines |
| Registration: | N854U |
| MSN: | 2009 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 47765 hours |
| Engine model: | Allison 501-D13A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Marietta-Dobbins AFB, GA (MGE) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Philadelphia International Airport, PA (PHL/KPHL) |
| Destination airport: | Charlotte-Douglas Airport, NC (CLT/KCLT) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:
The right main gear jammed in transit during the gear retraction following take off from Philadelphia. The crew elected to divert to Dobbins AFB. A belly landing was made on a foamed runway 29. The aircraft veered off the runway at 4200 feet past the runway threshold and a fire erupted in the right main gear area, but was quickly put out. The aircraft came to rest 70 feet from the right side of the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
"Door,landing gear..clearance
Door,landing gear..exceeded
Landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly..jammed
Landing gear,main gear..movement restricted"
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 4/88 (#27)
Location of Commercial Aircraft Accidents/Incidents Relative to Runways / FAA, Office of Safety Oversight (DOT/FAA/AOV 90-1)
NTSB id. ATL85MA083
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Oakland International Airport, CA (OAK); March 1984
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