| Date: | Tuesday 20 October 2009 |
| Time: | 03:00 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas MD-11F |
| Owner/operator: | Centurion Air Cargo |
| Registration: | N701GC |
| MSN: | 48434/476 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Engine model: | General Electric CF6-80C2D1F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Montevideo-Carrasco Airport (MVD) -
 Uruguay
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
| Montevideo-Carrasco Airport (MVD/SUMU) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A McDonnell Douglas MD-11F cargo plane, operated by Centurion Air Cargo as flight 431, sustained damage on landing at Montevideo-Carrasco Airport (MVD), Uruguay. The right hand main landing gear leg was bent sideways during landing on runway 24. The crew managed to stop on taxiway A were the airplane had to be offloaded.
Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 December 2005 | N701GC | Gemini Air Cargo | 0 | Near Nottingham East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) |  |
non |
| 17 September 2010 | N988AR | Centurion Air Cargo | 0 | Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS/SVMI) |  |
non |
| Hydraulic system problem | ||||||
| 13 October 2012 | N988AR | Centurion Air Cargo | 0 | São Paulo/Campinas-Viracopos International Airport, SP (VCP) |  |
w/o |
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) [N]; June 2009
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