# Incident 19781020029069I: Hamflu HFB320, Denver, CO, October 20, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1978, 13:45 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Stapleton International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N127MW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N127MW-2012-10-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hamburger Flugzeugbau HFB 320 HANSA (registry code 4071204, https://openairdocs.org/model/hamburger-flugzeugbau-hfb-320-hansa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CJ610-SER series (registry code 30006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HAMFLU HFB320
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 850 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781020029069I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CRACKING SOUND AT RETRACTION. RIGHT GEAR DID NOT RETRACT, IT COLLAPSED DURING LANDING DRAG STAY FAILED.

## Other reports on N127MW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19841004076339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841004076339A), Oct 4, 1984: Hamflu HFB320 (N127MW), Aberdeen, SD, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Pilots turned onto wrong runway at night. Overgross not certificated cargo flight did not have sufficient runway.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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