World Atlantic MD83 at Alexandria on Apr 20th 2018, right main gear collapsed during rollout
Last Update: July 10, 2020 / 18:30:27 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 20, 2018
Classification
Accident
Flight number
RPN-807
Departure
Chicago O'Hare, IL, United States
Destination
Alexandria, United States
Aircraft Registration
N807WA
Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-83
ICAO Type Designator
MD83
The airport reported the aircraft was operating on behalf of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Runway 14/32 was closed over night.
The NTSB opened an investigation into the occurrence rated an accident.
On May 18th 2019 the NTSB released their preliminary report stating: "On April 20, 2018, at about 1420 central daylight time, a Caribbean Sun Airlines Inc., dba World Atlantic Airlines, MD83, N807WA, right main landing gear failed during the landing roll at Alexandria International Airport (KAEX), Alexandria, Louisiana. Due to the gear failure, the right wing dragged on the runway creating a friction fire which was quickly put out by the airport rescue and firefighting personnel. The airplane was substantially damaged and there were no injuries to the 101 passengers and crew aboard. The L1 emergency slide did not deploy during the evacuation."
On Jul 10th 2020 the NTSB released their final report concluding the probable cause of the accident was:
the failure of the right main landing gear under normal loads due to fatigue cracking in an area subject to an FAA Airworthiness Directive that was not adequately inspected.
The NTSB summarized: "The airplane suffered a right main landing gear collapse during landing at the destination airport. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right lower wing skin when it contacted the runway after the landing gear collapse. The crew stopped the airplane on the runway and an emergency evacuation was performed through three of the four doors on the airplane. The escape slide at the left forward door did not deploy or inflate due to the depletion of the gas charge in the reservoir. The reservoir depleted due to a leak in the valve assembly and was not caught during multiple inspections since installation of the slide assembly in the airplane. The landing gear cylinder fractured under normal landing loads due to the presence of a fatigue crack on the forward side of the cylinder in an area subject to an AD inspection for cracks. The most recent AD inspection of the cylinder was performed 218 landings prior when the fatigue crack was large enough to be detectable. A previous AD inspection performed 497 landings prior to the accident also did not detect the crack that would have been marginally detectable at the time."
Related NOTAMs:
AEX 04/054 AEX RWY 14/32 CLSD 1804202055-1804212100
AEX 04/054 AEX RWY 14/32 CLSD 1804202055-1804212100
Metars:
KAEX 202053Z AUTO 10SM CLR 20/07 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP223 T02000067 58031=
KAEX 201953Z 04006KT 10SM CLR 19/06 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP235 AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT T01890061=
KAEX 201933Z 27003KT 10SM CLR 18/06 A3024 RMK AO2 AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT T01830056=
KAEX 201853Z 31005KT 10SM CLR 18/05 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP247 T01830050=
KAEX 201753Z VRB06KT 10SM CLR 17/04 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP255 T01720044 10172 20072 58012=
KAEX 201653Z 08007KT 050V110 10SM CLR 16/04 A3029 RMK AO2 SLP260 T01610044=
KAEX 201553Z 08008KT 10SM CLR 14/04 A3031 RMK AO2 SLP268 T01390039=
KAEX 201453Z 05009G16KT 10SM CLR 12/03 A3031 RMK AO2 SLP267 T01220033 51010=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 20, 2018
Classification
Accident
Flight number
RPN-807
Departure
Chicago O'Hare, IL, United States
Destination
Alexandria, United States
Aircraft Registration
N807WA
Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-83
ICAO Type Designator
MD83
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