ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325181
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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1993 |
| Time: | 21:35 |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-209 |
| Owner/operator: | Air New Zealand |
| Registration: | ZK-NBF |
| MSN: | 22681/18 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 204 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) |
| Honolulu International Airport, HI (HNL/PHNL) | |
| Investigating agency: | TAIC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The right rear main undercarriage of Boeing 767-200 aircraft, registration ZK-NBF, failed at while standing at Gate 104 at Los Angeles Airport. The boarding had been completed and the aircraft was about to depart.
The rear axle of the right-hand main gear had fractured.
The final report did not contain a Probable Cause statement. In the Findings, it was stated that the aircraft had been involved in a runway excursion in which it became buried in mud. Mud had penetrated in the void between the axle and its sleeves, in time causing corrosion and stress corrosion cracking.
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