Fedex B752 at Colorado Springs on Oct 17th 2023, vibrations and unsafe gear

Last Update: October 19, 2023 / 16:56:58 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 17, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Fedex

Flight number
FX-1487

Departure
Memphis, United States

Destination
Colorado Springs, United States

Aircraft Registration
N930FD

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

A Fedex Federal Express Boeing 757-200, registration N930FD performing flight FX-1487 from Memphis,TN to Colorado Springs,CO (USA) with 5 crew, was on approach to Colorado Springs when the crew declared emergency reporting they had vibrations, a lot of noise and an unsafe indication for the nose gear. The crew entered a hold to work the related checklists. The crew advised they did not have any indication the nose gear was down, they didn't know whether the nose gear was damaged, partially down, or extended, they would most likely close the landing runway. The aircraft burned off fuel maintaining 9000 feet, the crew reported again there was pretty loud noise. The crew subsequently requested a low approach to have tower check the status of the nose gear. The aircraft performed the low approach to runway 35R offset to the left overflying the parallel taxiway with tower and emergency services checking the nose gear. The aircraft climbed back to 9000 feet and entered another hold for about 20 minutes before commencing the final approach to runway 35R. The aircraft rolled out on the runway on all gear and stopped on the runway, the crew advised they had signficant vibration and didn't want to taxi. Runway 35R was closed.

The aircraft was towed off the runway about 70 minutes after landing and is still on the ground in Colorado Springs about 52 hours after landing.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
N930FD
Country of Registration
United States
Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
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Aircraft Model / Type
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Number of Seats
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ICAO Aircraft Type
B752
Serial Number
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Main Owner
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 17, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Fedex

Flight number
FX-1487

Departure
Memphis, United States

Destination
Colorado Springs, United States

Aircraft Registration
N930FD

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

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