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| Date: | Wednesday 18 January 1978 |
| Time: | 11:08 |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-25 |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration: | N8126N |
| MSN: | 18277/107 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 76 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | West Palm Beach International Airport, FL (PBI/KPBI) |
| Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, GA (ATL/KATL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Eastern Airlines flight 274 took off from Palm Beach International Airport enroute to Atlanta, continuing on to St. Louis. The flight crew encountered nose gear problems after takeoff and diverted to Miami International because of Eastern's maintenance facilities at Miami. The aircraft landed on Runway 12 after doing a low fly-by of the tower to confirm that the nose gear had not extended. Eastern Captain Wayne Nolan kept the nose high during most of the rollout and set it down gently as their speed decreased. The plane has been repaired and resumed operation.
It was determined that preexisting stress corrosion at torsion bearing shaft journal next to the nose landing gear lock crank assembly was a factor in the incident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.wikibin.org/articles/eastern-air-lines-flight-274.html
https://www.airliners.net/search?keywords=N8126N
https://pbase.com/image/33874913
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2025 05:15 | FlyWolf | Added |
| 22-May-2025 05:26 | ASN | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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