35.2271° N, 80.8431° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlotte, NC, within about 10 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 14, 1980 · 08:19 local
Place
Charlotte, NC
Airport
Douglas
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8102N
Reported as
Boeing 72725
People aboard
29
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.
Zk landed with unsafe right gear indication, found broken retract mechanism.
As the FAA filed it
ZK LANDED WITH UNSAFE RIGHT GEAR INDICATION, FOUND BROKEN RETRACT MECHANISM.