ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193310
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| Date: | Sunday 4 December 2016 |
| Time: | 14:53 |
| Type: |  Embraer ERJ-175LR (ERJ-170-200 LR) |
| Owner/operator: | SkyWest Airlines, opf United Express |
| Registration: | N161SY |
| MSN: | 17000569 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2016 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1307 hours |
| Engine model: | General Electric CF34-8E5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 55 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | San Antonio International Airport, TX (SAT/KSAT) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Houston-George Bush Intercontinental Airport, TX (IAH/KIAH) |
| Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (MTY/MMMY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
An Embraer ERJ-175LR, operating United Express flight UA5588, suffered a nose landing gear collapsed upon landing at San Antonio International Airport, Texas, USA. The aircraft suffered unreported damage and there were no serious injuries among the 55 occupants.
The flight originated in Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, Illinois, USA at 01:30 UTC. The aircraft reached the destination of Monterrey, Mexico about 05:04 UTC, but turned around due to weather circumstances at the airport. The flight then diverted to Houston-George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Texas, were it landed at 06:02 UTC.
When weather at Monterrey had improved, the flight took off from Houston at 18:16 UTC. About 19:30 UTC, during the approach to Monterrey, the crew selecting the undercarriage down and got a gear indication. The approach was abandoned and the flight crew decided to divert to San Antonio International Airport, Texas. A low pass was performed over runway 04 and the airplane circled for an approach to land on runway 04. The aircraft touched down at 20:53 UTC and suffered a collapsed of the nose landing gear. All passengers evacuated the aircraft via the aft exit slides.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://abc13.com/travel/planes-landing-gear-collapses-on-landing-in-san-antonio/1639485/
https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20161205X55455&AKey=1&RType=Prelim&IType=IA
http://aerossurance.com/safety-management/erj175-nlg-production-defect/
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Plane landing gear collapses on landing in San Antonio https://t.co/B8PtOmntA7 pic.twitter.com/OqEPcMoQ7k
— ABC13 Houston (@abc13houston) 5 december 2016
#OTD in 2016: We look at the #NTSB investigation into a nose landing gear collapse on landing in Texas https://t.co/O4Y84Juayk #accident #flightsafety #aviationsafety #quality pic.twitter.com/Htnij5eyTJ
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) December 4, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Feb-2017 10:35 | harro | Added |
| 04-Dec-2021 10:03 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
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