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| Date: | Sunday 1 October 2017 |
| Time: | 07:18 UTC |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B200 King Air |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | VH-OWN |
| MSN: | BB-936 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Melbourne-Essendon Airport, VIC (MEB/YMEN) -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sunshine Coast Airport, QLD (MCY/YBSU) |
| Melbourne-Essendon Airport, VIC (MEB/YMEN) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
During approach, the left main landing gear failed to fully extend. The pilot conducted the non-normal checklist. On landing, the left main landing gear collapsed resulting in minor damage. The engineering inspection revealed a failed landing gear actuator bearing.
Sources:
https://www.9news.com.au/videos/cj88fnf26001x0gk0r6hlziwb/passengers-jump-out-of-plane-after-emergency-landing
https://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/10/01/18/13/plane-making-emergency-landing-in-melbourne-after-landing-gear-malfunction
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https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vh-own#f0f24db
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 September 2015 | VH-OWN | Corporate and Leisure Aviation | 0 | near Mount Hotham, VIC (MHU/YHOT) | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Oct-2017 08:48 | gerard57 | Added |
| 01-Oct-2017 08:55 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, ] |
| 01-Oct-2017 10:25 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 01-Oct-2017 10:49 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Photo, ] |
| 01-Oct-2017 10:51 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 01-Oct-2017 10:53 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, ] |
| 01-Oct-2017 13:08 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Oct-2017 15:04 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 01-Oct-2017 15:04 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 20-Jan-2018 20:45 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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