Incident Overview
Description
A Swearingen SA227-AC airplane, N681TR, was substantially damaged during a runway excursion at the El Paso International Airport (ELP), Texas, USA. The pilot, co-pilot, and observer were not injured. The local training flight originated from ELP about 04:30. The flight crew was unable to retract the landing gear after takeoff and received indications of a hydraulic system failure. The left main landing gear subsequently collapsed during landing. The airplane departed the runway pavement and encountered an airport sign. The outboard left wing contacted the ground when the gear collapsed. Probable Cause: “Failure of the left main landing gear to fully extend due to a lack of hydraulic fluid and during emergency extension procedures, which resulted in the collapse of the landing gear during landing and the subsequent runway excursion and collision with a sign.”
Source of Information
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N681TR/history/20190727/1037Z/KELP/KELPhttps://flightaware.com/live/flight/N681TR/history/20190727/1037Z/KELP/KELPPrimary Cause
Failure of the left main landing gear to fully extend due to a lack of hydraulic fluid and during emergency extension procedures, resulting in the collapse of the landing gear during landing and the subsequent runway excursion and collision with a sign.Failure of the left main landing gear to fully extend due to a lack of hydraulic fluid and during emergency extension procedures, resulting in the collapse of the landing gear during landing and the subsequent runway excursion and collision with a sign.Share on:
