Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Boeing 737524

Difficulty date
September 17, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N20643
Make and model
Boeing 737524
Aircraft serial
28904
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Failed
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
LD
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING AT GDL. ALL GEAR INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL AT TIME OF LANDING. AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION WAS PERFORMED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. ENGINEERING CONCLUDED THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH COLLAPSE OF THE NLG. THE CREW HAD EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE CROSSWINDS DURING LANDING AT GDL.