Incident Overview
Date: Monday 28 May 1984
Aircraft Type: Saunders ST-27
Owner/operator: Labrador Airways
Registration Number: C-FCNT
Location: St. John’s Airport, NL (YYT) –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8
Component Affected: Left main gear assemblyLeft main gear assembly
Category: Accident
A ST-27 aircraft, a Royal Air Force Queen’s Flight de Havilland Heron CCMk4 (c/n 14141), experienced a catastrophic failure of its left main gear during landing roll. The damper lever jack, main jack, and lever stay link of the left gear assembly failed due to overload before the emergency landing. The cause of the failure remains undetermined.A ST-27 aircraft, a Royal Air Force Queen’s Flight de Havilland Heron CCMk4 (c/n 14141), experienced a catastrophic failure of its left main gear during landing roll. The damper lever jack, main jack, and lever stay link of the left gear assembly failed due to overload before the emergency landing. The cause of the failure remains undetermined.
Description
The left main gear failed to lock down and collapsed during the landing roll. The damper lever jack, the main jack, and the lever stay link of the left gear assembly had failed in overload before the emergency landing. The cause of the failure could not be determined. The ST-27 was converted from a Royal Air Force Queen?s Flight de Havilland Heron CC.Mk4 (c/n 14141), serial XR391.
Source of Information
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t3ZkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3X4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=4637%2C3494661https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t3ZkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3X4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=4637%2C3494661Primary Cause
Overload of the left main gear assembly due to a failure of the damper lever jack, main jack, and lever stay link.Overload of the left main gear assembly due to a failure of the damper lever jack, main jack, and lever stay link.Share on:
