Copa B738 at Panama City on May 17th 2019, could not fully retract gear

Last Update: May 19, 2019 / 19:43:59 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 17, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CM-291

Aircraft Registration
HP-1713CMP

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Copa Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration HP-1713CMP performing flight CM-291 from Panama City (Panama) to Asuncion (Paraguay) with 136 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing out of Panama City's runway 03R when the crew stopped the climb at about 8000 feet due to being unable to fully retract the landing gear. The aircraft burned off fuel and returned to Panama City for a safe landing on runway 03R about 70 minutes after departure.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration HP-1825CMP reached Asuncion with a delay of 3:20 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service after about 14 hours on the ground.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 17, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
CM-291

Aircraft Registration
HP-1713CMP

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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