39.9523° N, 75.1638° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Philadelphia, PA, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 16, 1980 · 08:00 local
Place
Philadelphia, PA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N418A
Reported as
Aerosp 262ANORD
People aboard
20
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
708 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Emergency landing made after nose gear would not lock down. Suspect failure of nose gear actuator.
As the FAA filed it
EMERGENCY LANDING MADE AFTER NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK DOWN. SUSPECT FAILURE OF NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR.