NTSB: Alaska Airlines Landing Gear Collapse Caused by 'Excessive Grinding'

Improper MRO Work Led To 2023 Alaska Airlines 737 Gear Collapse

Improper procedures during a routine overhaul left a main landing gear component damaged and set the stage for a fatigue crack to form, the NTSB found.

Cause of failed Alaska Airlines landing gear that sent passengers screaming revealed

Improper maintenance work led to a terrifying Alaska Airlines landing in 2023, with an NTSB report revealing a fatigue crack in the landing gear as the cause.

Landing gear collapse on Alaska Airlines 737 landing in California caused by ‘excessive grinding’ during maintenance, NTSB says

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington  — “Excessive grinding” during maintenance led to a metal pin cracking and eventually breaking causing the left landing gear to collapse on an Alaska Airlines flight in 2023, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a final report Tuesday. On August 20, 2023, the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 was landing at John Wayne-Orange County Airport in when the gear failed, sending sparks flying as the engine s…

NTSB: Alaska Airlines landing gear collapse caused by 'excessive grinding'

The National Transportation Safety Board revealed Tuesday that 'excessive grinding' during maintenance work is what caused an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737's left landing gear to collapse upon landing in Southern California

Landing gear collapse on Alaska Airlines 737 caused by ‘excessive grinding’ during maintenance, NTSB says

“Excessive grinding” during maintenance led to a metal pin to crack and eventually break causing the left landing gear to collapse on an Alaska Airlines flight in 2023, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a final report Tuesday.

'Excessive grinding' of landing gear component was the cause of a rough landing for Alaska plane

NTSB report reveals excessive grinding caused a pin fracture on Alaska Airlines' Boeing 737-800, leading to a rough landing in 2023. No injuries reported.