Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 9 January 2001
Aircraft Type: Boeing 727-287
Owner/operator: Lloyd Areo Boliviano – LAB
Registration Number: CP-2323
Location: Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE) –
ÿ Argentina
Phase of Flight: Taxi
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 146
Component Affected: Forward trunnion bearing support fittingForward trunnion bearing support fitting
Category: Accident
A left main gear failed during taxiing onto runway 11 for departure, leading to an aircraft evacuation. Investigation identified a broken forward trunnion bearing support fitting due to intergranular corrosion.A left main gear failed during taxiing onto runway 11 for departure, leading to an aircraft evacuation. Investigation identified a broken forward trunnion bearing support fitting due to intergranular corrosion.
Description
The left main gear failed as the aircraft taxied onto runway 11 for departure. The aircraft was evacuated. Investigation revealed that the forward trunnion bearing support fitting broke due to intergranular corrosion.
Primary Cause
Intergranular corrosion of a trunnion bearing support fitting.Intergranular corrosion of a trunnion bearing support fitting.Share on:
