US EditionDelta Flight Could Not Lower Landing Gear because of Broken Support Piece, NTSB Finds
- On June 28, 2023, a Delta Air Lines Boeing 717 made an emergency belly landing at Charlotte Douglas Airport after its nose landing gear failed to deploy.
- The emergency occurred after the pilots could not lower the nose landing gear due to a fractured upper lock link that failed from metal fatigue.
- The upper lock link had flown 41,257 cycles and was previously inspected in 2009, despite a 2001 Boeing-McDonnell Douglas alert calling for careful part inspections.
- The NTSB determined that failure to follow the service bulletin played a role in the accident, leading to a thorough inspection of the lock links on Boeing 717 aircraft, which revealed no further cracks.
- All 104 people onboard evacuated safely via emergency slides, and Delta took fleet-wide safety actions following the investigation.
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NTSB finds broken support piece on Delta plane's failed landing gear
A Delta Air Lines Boeing 717, which landed "nose down" two years ago at North Carolina's Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, failed to lower its landing gear because of a fractured support piece, the NTSB has found.
Delta flight could not lower landing gear because of broken support piece, NTSB finds
A Delta Air Lines Boeing 717 landed on its belly up after a crack in a part of the supports for the nose landing gear kept it from extending, according to a National Transportation Safety Board final report issued Tuesday.
NTSB’s final take: Delta Jet’s 2023 nose gear collapse in Charlotte tied to fatigue crack, maintenance miss
(QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- It was a tense moment in the sky when a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Charlotte made an emergency landing without its nose landing gear in 2023. On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its final report on what went wrong, and it turns out the issue had been hiding in plain sight for years. On June 28, 2023, the Boeing 717’s nose gear wouldn’t budge. NTSB reports that the flight crew trie…
NTSB: Small crack in landing gear caused nose-first landing at CLT in 2023 - WCCB Charlotte's CW
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The NTSB says a small crack in part of the landing gear caused a plane to land nose-first at Charlotte Douglas. The board released its final report Tuesday on the June 2023 incident. The crack was likely caused by tiny scratches during manufacturing or maintenance years ago. Back in 2023, we talked to passengers on board that flight. Gary Gibbs told us, “The landing was frightening. Obviously, I think everyone was concerned and…
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