Narrative:
A Convair CV-580F suffered an undercarriage collapse during a maintenance engine run-up test at Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport, Texas, USA.
The propellers contacted the ground, causing substantial damage and the right hand side of the fuselage shows a large tear.
Damaged on the ground
| Status: | 5 |
| Date: | Thursday 18 January 2018 |
| Type: |  Convair CV-580F |
| Operator: | Air Tribe |
| Registration: | XA-TRB |
| MSN: | 52 |
| First flight: | 1953 |
| Engines: | 2 Allison 501-D13D |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport, TX (BRO) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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A Convair CV-580F suffered an undercarriage collapse during a maintenance engine run-up test at Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport, Texas, USA.
The propellers contacted the ground, causing substantial damage and the right hand side of the fuselage shows a large tear.
Classification:
Landing gear collapseDamaged on the ground
Sources:
» Gear collapse damages plane at Brownsville airport (brownsvilleherald.com, 19 Jan. 2018)Photos
Video, social media
Gear collapse damages plane at Brownsville airport https://t.co/xWnnC497Il #RGV pic.twitter.com/FczXN5vK0q
— brownsvillenews (@BrownsvilleNews) 19 januari 2018
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