Incident Overview
Date: Friday 19 October 1973
Aircraft Type: de Havilland DH-114 Heron
Owner/operator: American Air Taxi
Registration Number: N510FW
Location: Miami International Airport (MIA/KMIA), FL –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Taxi
Status: Substantial
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Component Affected: Nose gearNose gear
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
An aircraft was being re-positioned to board passengers when the nose gear collapsed, causing a severe impact with a fence separating the AOA from the employee south parking lot, which previously encompassed the east side of Concourse 1.An aircraft was being re-positioned to board passengers when the nose gear collapsed, causing a severe impact with a fence separating the AOA from the employee south parking lot, which previously encompassed the east side of Concourse 1.
Description
Aircraft was being re-positioned to board passengers when the nose gear collapsed which severed the brake line and the aircraft plowed into the fence separating the AOA from the employee south parking lot that used to exist to the east of Concourse 1.
Source of Information
https://www.sunshineskies.com/uploads/4/3/7/6/43764233/3919987.jpg?892, https://web.archive.org/web/20121012125342/http:/www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=84165&key=0https://www.sunshineskies.com/uploads/4/3/7/6/43764233/3919987.jpg?892, https://web.archive.org/web/20121012125342/http:/www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=84165&key=0Primary Cause
Nose gear collapse leading to a collision with a fence.Nose gear collapse leading to a collision with a fence.Share on:
