Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 16 September 1995
Aircraft Type: Boeing 767-332ER
Owner/operator: Delta Air Lines
Registration Number: N172DN
Location: Hamburg-Fuhlsbttel Airport (HAM) –
ÿ Germany
Phase of Flight: Taxi
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 224
Component Affected: The aft trunnion outer cylinder.The aft trunnion outer cylinder.
Category: Accident
A Delta Airlines Boeing 767-332ER experienced a catastrophic right-hand main gear collapse during approach onto the departure runway 33 at Hamburg-Fuhlsbttel Airport (HAM). A trunnion outer cylinder failure, resulting in a wing surface puncture, caused significant damage to the aircraft’s wing structure, engine, and pylon.A Delta Airlines Boeing 767-332ER experienced a catastrophic right-hand main gear collapse during approach onto the departure runway 33 at Hamburg-Fuhlsbttel Airport (HAM). A trunnion outer cylinder failure, resulting in a wing surface puncture, caused significant damage to the aircraft’s wing structure, engine, and pylon.
Description
Delta Airlines flight DL069, a Boeing 767-332ER, was turning onto the departure runway 33 at Hamburg-Fuhlsbttel Airport (HAM) when the right hand main gear collapsed. The landing gear trunnion outer cylinder failed at the aft trunnion area and diagonally across the main gear strut. The strut punctured the wing upper surface and the aircraft came to rest on the right engine. Wing structure, engine and pylon sustained substantial damage. Fracture of the aft trunnion outer cylinder was caused by stress corrosion cracking. The aircraft was repaired in October 1995.
Primary Cause
Stress corrosion cracking of the aft trunnion outer cylinder caused by excessive stress during the landing gear deployment.Stress corrosion cracking of the aft trunnion outer cylinder caused by excessive stress during the landing gear deployment.Share on:
