Skywest CRJ7 near Omaha on Oct 17th 2019, landing gear issue

Last Update: October 18, 2019 / 20:05:37 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 17, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-3044

Aircraft Registration
N744SK

Aircraft Type
Canadair CRJ-700

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ7

A Skywest Canadair CRJ-700 on behalf of American Airlines, registration N744SK performing flight AA-3044 from Chicago O'Hare,IL to Colorado Springs,CO (USA), was enroute at FL360 about 50nm south of Omaha,NE (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Omaha due to a problem with the landing gear. Emergency services at Omaha deployed into their landing positions and queried ATC, whether the aircraft would conduct a flyby prior to landing, tower advised the aircraft would perform a full stop landing on first approach. While the aircraft was on final approach, tower advised all three gear struts appeared to be down. The aircraft landed safely on Omaha's runway 14R and vacated the runway. An inspection of the landing gear showed no anomaly, the crew taxied the aircraft to the apron.

A replacement CRJ-700 registration N750SK reached Colorado Springs with a delay of 6 hours.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Omaha about 27 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 17, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-3044

Aircraft Registration
N744SK

Aircraft Type
Canadair CRJ-700

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ7

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