Gear-up landing Incident Canadair CL-600-2C10 Regional Jet CRJ-702 N157GJ, Saturday 14 March 2015
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Date:Saturday 14 March 2015
Time:15:21
Type:Silhouette image of generic CRJ7 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Canadair CL-600-2C10 Regional Jet CRJ-702
Owner/operator:United Express, opb GoJet Airlines
Registration: N157GJ
MSN: 10230
Year of manufacture:2005
Total airframe hrs:26123 hours
Engine model:General Electric CF34-8C5B1
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 41
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Minor
Category:Incident
Location:Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD) -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Grand Rapids-Gerald R. Ford International Airport, MI (GRR/KGRR)
Destination airport:Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
A CRJ-702 Regional Jet landed at Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD) with the nose gear retracted. No injuries were reported.

United Express Flight 3645, operated by GoJet Airlines, took off from Grand Rapids, MI at 15:12 hours local time (19:12 UTC) on a regular flight to Chicago O’Hare.
While on approach to runway 27L at Chicago, the nosegear apparently failed to deploy. At 14:41 hours local time (19:41 UTC) the aircraft aborted the approach and circled before performing a safe nosegear-up landing on runway 32R.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: DCA15IA089
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/flight-from-gr-makes-emergency-landing-in-chicago/1086804172
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/GJS3645/history/20150314/1907Z/KGRR/KORD

History of this aircraft

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Mar-2015 07:46 harro Added
15-Mar-2015 07:48 harro Updated [Total occupants, Source, Embed code, ]
21-Dec-2016 19:28 ASN Update Bot Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ]

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