Horizon DH8D at Portland on Dec 15th 2015, unsafe gear

Last Update: December 16, 2015 / 21:05:52 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 15, 2015

Classification
Incident

Cause
Unsafe gear

Airline
Horizon Air

Flight number
QX-452

Departure
Medford, United States

Destination
Seattle, United States

Aircraft Registration
N416QX

Aircraft Type
De Havilland Dash 8 (400)

ICAO Type Designator
DH8D

A Horizon Air de Havilland Dash 8-400 on behalf of Alaska Airlines, registration N416QX performing flight QX-452/AS-2452 from Medford,OR to Seattle,WA (USA) with 71 people on board, was enroute at FL240 about 70nm south of Portland,OR when the crew decided to divert to Portland due to technical problems on board advising ATC they would need to stop on the runway. The aircraft positioned for an approach to runway 28L but went around immediately declaring emergency reporting they had no indication the gear had come down. The aircraft entered a hold at 6000 feet while the crew worked the related checklists, then the crew reported they had the gear down and were ready for another approach. The aircraft landed safely on Portland's runway 28L about 50 minutes after leaving FL240 and about 30 minutes after the go-around.

A replacement Dash 8-400 reached Seattle with a delay of 2 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Country of Registration
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 15, 2015

Classification
Incident

Cause
Unsafe gear

Airline
Horizon Air

Flight number
QX-452

Departure
Medford, United States

Destination
Seattle, United States

Aircraft Registration
N416QX

Aircraft Type
De Havilland Dash 8 (400)

ICAO Type Designator
DH8D

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