# Accident 19960124000889A: Amd FALCON10, Detroit, MI, January 24, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1996, 10:18 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metro Wayne County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2296° N, 83.3910° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2296&lon=-83.3910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N191MC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMD FALCON10
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE73121C
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,163 total, 1,330 in this make and model, 78 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960124000889A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CAME IN WITH POSSIBLE LANDING GEAR PROBLEMS, AIRCRAFT DID A FLY BY THEN LANDED RUNWAY, GEAR COLLAPSED. (.4)THE PILOT REPORTED GETTING AN UNSAFE INDICATION ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED.  THE CREW RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR AND GOT THE SAME UNSAFE INDICATION.  THE CREW RETRACTED THE GEAR AND DIVERTED TO DETROIT.  ON ARRIVAL, THE CREW PERFORMED THE 'LANDING GEAR ABNORMAL EXTENSION CHECKLIST,' BUT THE UNSAFE INDICATION REMAINED.  THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER REPORTED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED NORMAL.  DURING THE LANDING, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.  THE AIRPLANE SLID SIDEWAYS, STRIKING A RUNWAY MARKER AS IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, AND CAME TO REST IN A FIELD.  EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK MECHANISM COULD BE OVERCOME WITH PHYSICAL FORCE.  EXAMINATION OF THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR REVEALED THAT ONE OF THE SIX SHIMS WHICH SEPARATE THE SPACERS AND HELP GUIDE THE SAFETY LOCK SWITCH WAS OUT OF POSITION AND LYING ON TOP OF THE LOCK ASSEMBLY.                                                           (-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO DETROIT METRO AIRPORT (DTW) DUE TO AN UN                                      SAFE RIGHT LANDING GEAR (RED) LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 3R AND THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AT ABOUT 4800 FEET FROM RUNWAY THRESHOLD. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED RIGHT AND DEPARTED OFF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK THE 5000 FEET RUNWAY LENGTH MARKER WITH THE LEFT WING INBOARD SLAT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SKID FOR ABOUT 700 FEET AND STRUCK THE RUNWAY VISUAL RANGE (RVR) EQUIPMENT WITH THE LOWER FORWARD FUSELAGE SECTION AND THE CABIN ENTRY DOOR. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON TOP OF THE RVR EQUIPMENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI96LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA082), Jan 24, 1996: Dassault DA-10 (N191MC), Romulus, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the right landing gear locking mechanism.

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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