Date:	Monday 26 July 1993
Time:
Type:	Boeing 707-327C
Owner/operator:	Trans Mediterranean Airways - TMA
Registration:	OD-AFY
MSN:	19108/511
Year of manufacture:	1966
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B (HK)
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS) -   Netherlands
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM)
Destination airport:	Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA)

Narrative:
The trunnion support beam for the right main gear failed with a loud bang. The crew taxied back to the platform and major damage was found at the wing primary structure.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Long term corrosion and associated metal fatigue.

Airnieuws 297 (p. 70)
Scramble 172
De Stem 27.7.1993 (1)

photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA); 26 May 1990

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