ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323911
| Date: | Monday 31 August 1998 |
| Time: | 22:35 |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-228F |
| Owner/operator: | DHL Airways |
| Registration: | N722DH |
| MSN: | 19861/682 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 50861 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) |
| Portsmouth-Pease AFB, NH (PSM/KPSM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Shortly after takeoff, about 600 feet above the ground, the number 2 engine failed. The flight crew declared an emergency and requested to return to the JFK Airport. The first officer was the flying pilot. As the airplane slowed to about 80 knots on the runway, the captain took control of the airplane. Shortly thereafter, the right main landing gear failed. The airplane slid to a stop on the runway. The 3 flight crew members and 2 jumpseat riders exited the airplane and were not injured.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the right main landing gear caused by fatigue cracking and stress corrosion cracking of the trunnion bearing support fitting."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) Michael F. McLaughlin /MikePhotos Airliner Images; New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK)
photo (c) Michael F. McLaughlin /MikePhotos Airliner Images; New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK); 1998
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); January 1992
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