19950521014969I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-31 · Atlanta City, NJ · May 21, 1995

Date
May 21, 1995 · 22:20 local
Place
Atlanta City, NJ
Airport
Atlantic City International
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
EISA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N977ML
Reported as
Doug DC931
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Narrative: the aircraft was inadvertently damaged during non-routine maintenance activity at the operator's line mtc station. Specifically, the nose landing gear selector handle had been left in the "up" position after previous maintenance had been accomplished. The gear pins and maintenance turnover, as well as other human factors, contributed to the collapse of the aircraft's nose landing gear after the aircraft's APU was started and ayd power applied. Damage to both nose landing gear doors, their associated actuators, as well as significant structural damage to adjacent door frame members occurred as a result of this incident. The aircraft was temporarily repaired and inspected for a special ferry flight where permanent repairs could be accomplished. Aircraft departed acy at 20:00 EDT to greenville, SC for repair.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT WAS INADVERTENTLY DAMAGED DURING NON-ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY AT THE OPERATOR'S LINE MTC STATION. SPECIFICALLY, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE HAD BEEN LEFT IN THE "UP" POSITION AFTER PREVIOUS MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. THE GEAR PINS AND MAINTENANCE TURNOVER, AS WELL AS OTHER HUMAN FACTORS, CONTRIBUTED TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE LANDING GEAR AFTER THE AIRCRAFT'S APU WAS STARTED AND AYD POWER APPLIED. DAMAGE TO BOTH NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS, THEIR ASSOCIATED ACTUATORS, AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO ADJACENT DOOR FRAME MEMBERS OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TEMPORARILY REPAIRED AND INSPECTED FOR A SPECIAL FERRY FLIGHT WHERE PERMANENT REPAIRS COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ACY AT 20:00 EDT TO GREENVILLE, SC FOR REPAIR.