Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 MAR 1992 |
| Type: | NAMC YS-11A-205 |
| Operator: | Airborne Express |
| Registration: | N918AX |
| C/n / msn: | 2112 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Wilmington-Airborne Airpark (ILN) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Wilmington-Clinton Field, OH (ILN/KILN), United States of America |
| Wilmington-Clinton Field, OH (ILN/KILN), United States of America |
The YS-11 was being used for a training flight. A flapless approach for runway 22 was made, but the crew forgot to lower the gear. The YS-11 landed wheels-up, causing substantial damage.
Sources:
» FAA
» Scramble 157
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Distance from Wilmington-Clinton Field, OH to Wilmington-Clinton Field, OH as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Wilmington-Clinton Field, OH to Wilmington-Clinton Field, OH as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
