- Date
- March 2, 1979
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN · MINNEAPOLIS, MN
- Injuries
- 84 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2819WBoeing B727
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144103
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0005 79/3/2 MINNEAPOLIS,MN BOEING B727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0745 N2819W PX- 0 0 77 45, 11200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 4000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - MINNEAPOLIS-ST PL OPERATOR - WESTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEATTLE,WA MINNEAPOLIS,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED REMARKS- UNABLE TO EXTEND RT MAIN GEAR DUE TO JAMMING OF LANDING GEAR WHEELS INTO OUTER MAIN GEAR DOOR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2819W
- Reported as
- Boeing B727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Minneapolis-St Pl
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