- Date
- September 13, 1983, 13:42 local (18:42 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 25 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N377NEFairchild FH-227
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830913053899I
- Case key
- 12056
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After taking off, the landing gear handle remained latched 'down' when the nosewheel did not center. The flightcrew thenused the nose gear steering override sw & turned the nosewheel until the 'off center light' extinguished. The override sw was placed 'off' & the landing gear latch retracted, but when the gear handle was raised, the landing gear remained down. The override sw was tried again, but to no avail. Aprx 5 to 10 seconds later, the landing gear retracted. During arrival at the destination, the nose gear came out of the 'up position' when the gear handle was lowered, but a 'down & locked' indication was not attained. The 'off center light' illuminated again & the gear handle latched down. The nose gear steering was turned 90 deg left & the gear became stuck. Attempts to recenter the nosewheel and/or get a safe indication were unsuccessful. During the landing, the nose gear collapsed. An exam of the nose gear revealed that the steering slide assembly, pn 27-423031-17, was bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N377NE
- Reported as
- Fairchild FH-227
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 510
- Airframe hours
- 19,324
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce DART 532-7, 1,835 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Britt Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- Springfield, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ORD · O'Hare, runway 9L, 7,416 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,613 total · 2,087 in this make and model · 175 in the last 90 days · 63 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Observed at
- ORD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.