Date:	Tuesday 29 January 1985
Time:	09:36
Type:	Lockheed L-188CF Electra
Owner/operator:	Galaxy Airlines
Registration:	N854U
MSN:	2009
Year of manufacture:	1959
Total airframe hrs:	47765 hours
Engine model:	Allison 501-D13A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Marietta-Dobbins AFB, GA (MGE) -   United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Philadelphia International Airport, PA (PHL/KPHL)
Destination airport:	Charlotte-Douglas Airport, NC (CLT/KCLT)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The right main gear jammed in transit during the gear retraction following take off from Philadelphia. The crew elected to divert to Dobbins AFB. A belly landing was made on a foamed runway 29. The aircraft veered off the runway at 4200 feet past the runway threshold and a fire erupted in the right main gear area, but was quickly put out. The aircraft came to rest 70 feet from the right side of the runway.

PROBABLE CAUSE:
"Door,landing gear..clearance
Door,landing gear..exceeded
Landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly..jammed
Landing gear,main gear..movement restricted"

ICAO Adrep Summary 4/88 (#27)
Location of Commercial Aircraft Accidents/Incidents Relative to Runways / FAA, Office of Safety Oversight (DOT/FAA/AOV 90-1)
NTSB id. ATL85MA083

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Oakland International Airport, CA (OAK); March 1984

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