Status:	Final
Date:	06 MAR 2003
Time:	20:50
Type:	ATR-42-300
Operating for:	Minerva Airlines
Leased from:	Air Industria
Registration:	I-ATRF
C/n / msn:	034
First flight:	1986
Total airframe hrs:	27472
Cycles:	28492
Engines:	2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 42
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 45
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO) (Italy)
Phase:	Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO/LIRF), Italy
Destination airport:	Rimini-Miramare Airport (RMI/LIPR), Italy
Flightnumber:	406

Narrative:
After startup the ATR-42 taxied to intersection BB for a runway 25 departure. The engines were running at approx 70% torque, prior to brake release, when the swinging lever of the left hand main gear failed.
After the mishap, the aircraft was withdrawn from use and stored at Fiumicino until it was bought for spares by Dart Aviation in 2005.

CAUSA INCIDENTE: "Alla luce di quanto evidenziato si ritiene di poter identificare la causa dell' incidente nella rottura della swinging lever (SL) del carello di atterraggio sinistro. La SL `e l'organo di collegamento tra la struttura del carello e la ruota - fattore tecnico"

Sources:
» ANSV N.A/9/04