- Date
- November 18, 1982, 20:00 local (Nov 19, 1982, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Denver, CO
- Injuries
- 136 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N68056Mcdonald Douglas DC-10
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 70460
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Analysis
During the taxi for takeoff, the crew noted a hydraulic malfunction on the right main gear and returned to the gate for maintenance. The aircraft was shut down and turned over to the maintenance crew for repair. The passengers were not deplaned. During maintenance troubleshooting procedures for the hydraulic leak, the gear handle was raised without the gear locking pins installed. This allowed the nose gear to retract and the nose settled onto a parked tug. Investigation revealed that the applicable checklist was not used and positive communications were not established between the maintenance personnel in the cockpit and those on the ground.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68056
- Reported as
- Mcdonald Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47810
- Engine
- Gen.Electric CF6-5C, 40,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Continental Air Lines, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Continental Air Lines, Inc.
- Departed
- Denver, CO
- Destination
- Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Stapelton Int'L.
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
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 113 °F
Other investigations on N68056 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.