Descripción:
During landing roll/taxi, following a normal flight and landing, the left main landing gear strut disconnected and the strut penetrated the landing gear fairing box.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the left main landing gear strut attachment for undetermined reasons. "
| Estado: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Fecha: | lunes 24 julio 1995 |
| Hora: | 13:36 MDT |
| Tipo: |  Gulfstream G-IV |
| Operador: | Union Pacific Aviation |
| Registración: | N400UP |
| Numéro de série: | 1054 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1988 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 7 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 9 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Considerable |
| Consecuencias: | Repaired |
| Ubicación: | Denver-Arapahoe County Airport, CO (APA) ( Estados Unidos de América)
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| Fase: | Aterrizaje (LDG) |
| Naturaleza: | Ejecutivo |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Allentown-Lehigh Valley International Airport, PA (ABE/KABE), Estados Unidos de América |
| Denver-Arapahoe County Airport, CO (APA/KAPA), Estados Unidos de América |
During landing roll/taxi, following a normal flight and landing, the left main landing gear strut disconnected and the strut penetrated the landing gear fairing box.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the left main landing gear strut attachment for undetermined reasons. "
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Distance from Allentown-Lehigh Valley International Airport, PA to Denver-Arapahoe County Airport, CO as the crow flies is 2475 km (1547 miles).
Distance from Allentown-Lehigh Valley International Airport, PA to Denver-Arapahoe County Airport, CO as the crow flies is 2475 km (1547 miles).
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