| Date: | Friday 9 May 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild F-27 |
| Owner/operator: | Fairchild |
| Registration: | N1027 |
| MSN: | 01 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Cycles: | 30 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Hagerstown Regional Airport, MD (HGR) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
After a test flight, the first Fairchild F-27 prototype, N1027, was parked on the apron. A passing mechanic heard a hissing sound and held his finger on the air orifice of the pneumatic system, just under the cockpit. Slowly the landing-gear of the plane collapsed.
The F-27 was rebuilt as a different model (F-27A) with a new msn (01A).
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photo (c) Jan F.Homma Collection; Hagerstown Regional Airport, MD (HGR); 09 May 1958
photo (c) Jan F.Homma Collection; Hagerstown Regional Airport, MD (HGR); 09 May 1958
photo (c) Jan F.Homma Collection; Hagerstown Regional Airport, MD (HGR); 09 May 1958
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