Narrative:
DHL flight 495 initially touched down on Atlanta´s (ATL) runway 08L just past taxiway B1. The right main landing gear collapsed and dragging the right wing, the 727 came to rest on the right side of the runway centerline just past the dixie exit.
Runway mishap
» FAA id 20041209034419C
| Status: | 5 |
| Date: | Thursday 9 December 2004 |
| Time: | 06:00 |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-2M7F |
| Operator: | ASTAR Air Cargo |
| Registration: | N750DH |
| MSN: | 21951/1680 |
| First flight: | 1980-10-28 (24 years 2 months) |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17R |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Atlanta-William B. Hartsfield International Airport, GA (ATL) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, KY (CVG/KCVG), United States of America |
| Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, GA (ATL/KATL), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 495 |
DHL flight 495 initially touched down on Atlanta´s (ATL) runway 08L just past taxiway B1. The right main landing gear collapsed and dragging the right wing, the 727 came to rest on the right side of the runway centerline just past the dixie exit.
Classification:
Landing gear collapseRunway mishap
Sources:
» ASTAR Air Cargo» FAA id 20041209034419C
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, KY to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, GA as the crow flies is 597 km (373 miles).
Distance from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, KY to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, GA as the crow flies is 597 km (373 miles).
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