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Sept 30, 2010: Another Bombardier Landing Gear Incident

What: Air Nelson Ltd Bombardier Dash 8-300 en route from Wellington to Nelson
Where: Blenheim Airport NZ
When: Sept 30, 2010, 5.05pm
Who: 46 passengers, 3 crew
Why: The flight diverted to Blenheim because of weather conditions in Nelson. However, on landing, the nose wheel collapsed.

George’s Point of View

Another Bombardier collapsed wheel?


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Emergency Landing in Atlanta


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Contact photographer John Padgett

What: Delta Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-88 en route from Atlanta,GA to Baltimore
Where: Atlanta
When: Sep 24th 2010
Who: 112
Why: After takeoff, when the plane’s nose gear could not be retracted, the crew returned to Atlanta and made a safe landing. A replacement jet was provided for the passengers.


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Ahmedabad: Jet Airways Wheel Falls off on Runway


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Contact photographer Vivek Manvi

What: Jet Airways Aerospatiale ATR-72-500 en route from Indore to Ahmedabad India
Where: Ahmedabad
When: Jul 22nd 2010
Who: 57 passengers and 4 crew
Why: On landing in Ahmedabad, the nose wheel fell off. Passengers disembarked via stairs directly on the runway and were bussed to the gate.


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Skywest Gear Up Landing


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Contact photographer Frank Robitaille

What: Skywest Canadair CRJ-200 en route from San Francisco,CA to Ontario,CA
Where: Ontario
When: May 23rd 2010
Who: 24 passengers and 3 crew
Why: The crew aborted a landing after receiving an indication of a nose gear problem. Unable to lower the gear, after a visual inspection by ATC, the crew performed an open-door landing. There were no injuries, and we have no estimate of the damage to the plane.


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Windhoek Nambia: SAX Emergency Landing


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Contact photographer Steve Brimley

What: South African Express Airways Canadair CRJ-200 en route from Cape Town to Windhoek
Where: Windhoek Namibia
When: April 17 2010
Why: The SAX CRJ landed with a hung nose wheel. (belly landing?) After landing with nose gear up, there were no injuries although airport operations were disrupted.


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Fokker Nose Gear Collapse


Pictured: An Iran Air Fokker 100 (F-28-0100) over Tehran
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Contact photographer Iman

What: Iran Air Fokker 100 en route from Tehran Mehrabad to Isfahan
Where: Isfahan
When: Jan 15th 2010
Who: 16 passengers
Why: On landing, the nose gear strut fractured and completely separated from the air frame. No injuries were reported.


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NJ: Safe Landing w/o Nose Gear


Photo: A French-Army Socata TBM-700
Of course this French Military craft is not the exact TBM-700 as in the incident in New Jersey, but who could resist Mick Bajcar gorgeous photograph?

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Contact photographer Mick Bajcar

What: TBM-700 single engine turboprop en route from Nantucket Island in Massachusetts to Essex County
Where: Essex County Airport
When: 12/12/2009 6:00 pm
Who: 4 passengers
Why: While on approach to Essex County Airport, the turboprop developed a nose gear problem. The plane made several passes so that ATC could see the landing gear.

Emergency crews were standing by.

The plane landed without the gear extended, minimal damage
and no human injury.


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Nosewheel Steering Failure Grounds Airbus


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Contact photographer Florian Kondziela

What: Qantas Airbus A380-800 en route from Singapore to London
Where: London
When: Dec 4th 2009
Who: not available
Why: While landing, the Airbus developed a problem with the nose wheel steering and had to be towed off the runway. The plane was grounded in London waiting for spare parts, anticipating the return flight to be delayed less than half a day.


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Piper lands in NJ Blueberry Field


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What: Piper PA-28R-200 Cherokee Arrow II en route from Hammonton Mun. Airport
Where: Myrtle Street, Atlantic County, NJ
When: NOV 21, 2009
Who: pilot
Why: After takeoff, the engine failed. The pilot landed safely in a nearby field.


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Nose Gear Fails at Barnstable Airport


photographer David G. Curran

What: Cape Air/Hyannis Air Service Cessna 402C en route from Boston to Martha’s Vineyard.
Where: Barnstable Municipal Airport HYANNIS, MA
When: Saturday Nov 22, 8 pm
Who: Pilot and 5 passengers
Why: At 7:15 prior to a flyby of the airport, Pilot John Call reported to ATC that his indicator revealed a nose gear problem .

On landing on a retracted, or not fully locked gear, the nose gear on the plane collapsed and struck the tarmac. No injuries were reported. Emergency crews were standing by


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India: Nose Gear Steering Failure on landing


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Contact photographer WT

What: Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330-200 en route from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia to Chennai
Where: Chennai
When: Nov 10th 2009
Who: 190 passengers
Why: After a safe landing, the nose gear steering failed, so that the Airbus had to be towed. No injuries.


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Air Nostrum Emergency Landing


Pictured: Air Nostrum (Iberia Regional/Denim Air)
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-315Q Dash 8

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Contact photographer Pablo Napoli

What: Air Nostrum Dash 8 Q-300 en route from Barcelona to San Sebastian
Where: El Prat, Barcelona
When: October 22, 2009
Who: 31 passengers, 3 flight crew
Why: While en route, the Dash 8 developed a problem with its nose gear and returned to Barcelona for an emergency landing. The plane landed safely with the front landing gear retracted, and after they debarked, were provided an alternative Air Nostrum flight to continue to their destination.


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Iranian Crash: 153 on board


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Contact Photographer Farzad Farajpour

What: Aria Air Ilyushin IL-62 en route from Tehran to Mashad. The plane was leased by Aria Air from Kazakhstan
Where: Mashad Iran
When: July 24 2009
Who: 153 aboard. 17 died in the accident.
Why: On landing, the nose gear did not deploy; the main wheels sparked on touchdown.
The dead include the first three rows, the flight crew and the cabin crew. Also, there were 19 injuries reported so far.

Aria Air’s managing director Mehdi Dadpay was among the victims

George’s Point of View

This was the second Iranian airliner crash within 10 days. Iran should put their foot down on all airlines, government owned or not to insure that every single plane that takes off is airworthy.


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Pinnacle Flight Nosegear Issues


Pictured: A Northwest/Pinnacle Airlines Canadair CRJ-200
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Contact Photographer Ben Wang

What: Northwest/Pinnacle Airlines Canadair CRJ-200 en route from La Crosse WI to Detroit.
Where: La Crosse
When: Jul 18th 2009
Why: When the control panel indicated nose gear issues, the pilot opted to return to La Crosse, where they made a safe landing.


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Airbus Diverts to San Francisco International


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Contact Photographer Ben Wang

What: US Airways Airbus A320-200 en route from Phoenix to Oakland
Where: San Francisco International
When: Jul 13th 2009
Who: 147 passengers
Why: Nose gear steering of the US Airways Airbus failed on approach to Oakland. The flight was diverted to San Francisco, where nose gear operation apparently was recovered prior to landing.


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Airbus Nosegear Issue in Malta


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Contact Photographer Darren Wilson

What: Air Malta Airbus A320-200 en route from Malta to Amsterdam
Where: Malta
When: Jul 6th 2009
Who: 167 passengers
Why: The Air Malta Airbus A320-200 was en route when it experienced a problem with the nosegear and had to return to Malta where it did a flyby for air traffic control to get a look at the nosegear.

George’s Point of View

Not another Airbus…


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Qantas Airbus Nosegear Fails at Heathrow


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Contact Photographer Alasdair Mulhern

What: Qantas Airbus A380-800 en route from Singapore to London
Where: London Heathrow
When: Jul 4th 2009
Why: The first approach was aborted due to a nose gear issue. After landing, nose gear steering failed, and the plane was towed. However, repairs were made so that on the return flight, the delay was only about two hours.


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Jet Blue Nose Gear went Belly Up at JFK

What: Jetblue Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Austin,TX to New York JFK,NY
Where: JFK,NY runway 22L diverted to runway 31L
When: May 7th 2009
Who: 80 people on board
Why: After a missed approach, the Jet Blue crew announced a “little issue.” THe little issue turned out to be a nose gear steering fault. The plane landed safely under emergency status; no one was injured. And the plane did require a tow after landing.

This plane–unlike several others at the same time frame at JFK–did NOT incur a bird strike.

George’s Point of View

JetBlue goes back and forth across the country.

Maintenance! Maintenance! Maintenance!


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Airbus Nose Gear Issue in SF

What: Lufthansa Airbus A340-600 en route from Munich Germany to San Francisco,CA
Where: on far approach to San Francisco
When: May 5th 2009
Why: After reporting nose gear issues, the airbus was towed off the runway after landing, and it’s return flight was cancelled.


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Afterword: American Airlines flight 1400

See George’s Point of View here


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Contact photographer Art Brett
What: American Airlines MD-82 aircraft en route from Lambert to Chicago
Where: Lambert
When: Sept. 28, 2007
Who: 138 passengers, 3 flight attendants, two pilots
Why: When the fight experienced an emergency (engine fire) and the MD-82 returned to land at the airport of origin, the nose landing gear failed. After a go-around, the plane conducted an emergency landing and everyone debarked on to the runway.

The reason that this is in the news now is that the problems involved have been under investigation. The procedure that mechanics used to manually start one of the engines is held to be responsible for the fire. However the captain was also faulted for poor division of labor, resulting in inefficiency which is judged to have exacerbated the emergency.

NTSB Identification: DCA07MA310
Scheduled 14 CFR Part 121: Air Carrier operation of AMERICAN AIRLINES
Accident occurred Friday, September 28, 2007 in St. Louis, MO
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82), registration: N454AA
Injuries: 143 Uninjured.

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

On September 28, 2007, at 1316 central daylight time, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82), N454AA, operated by American Airlines as flight 1400, executed an emergeny landing at Lambert-St Louis International Airport (STL), St. Louis, Missouri, after the flight crew received a left engine fire warning during departure climb from the airport. The airplane sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 121 scheduled domestic flight. After landing, the 2 flight crew, 3 flight attendants, and 138 passengers deplaned via airstairs and no occupant injuries were reported. The intended destination of the flight was Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), Chicago, Illinois.

Upon receiving the left engine fire warning during climb, the flight crew discharged the aircraft engine fire bottles into the affected engine. During the visual return and single-engine approach to the airport, the nose landing gear did not extend. The flight crew then extended the nose landing gear using the emergency landing gear extension procedure. The airplane returned and then landed on runway 30L (11,019 feet by 200 feet, grooved concrete) and was met by STL Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Vehicles

The NTSB identification number for this investigation was administratively changed from CHI07MA310 to DCA07MA310 on April 2, 2008.


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Airbus Emergency Landing in Montreal


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Contact photographer Mick Bajcar
What: Air Transat Airbus A310-300, registration C-GTSD en route from Panama City Panama to Montreal,QC Canada
Where: Montreal, QC Runway 06L
When: Mar 23rd 2009
Why: The crew reported an unsafe gear indication on approach, and initiated a go-around. They managed to lower and lock the gear but then nose gear steering was unavailable. They landed safely and had to be towed away, blocking the runway for fifteen minutes.


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MD-90 Nose Gear Fails


Pictured: McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 in Jakarta Indonesia
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Contact photographer Raldi
What: Lion Air McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 en route from Medan to Batam (Indonesia)
Where: Batam (Indonesia)
When: Feb 23rd 2009
Who: 156 passengers and 6 crew
Why: The crew spent an hour and a half trying to get the nose gear to lower but eventually had to land on foam without it. The landing was safe, after circling the airport for so long, although several on board did go to the hospital


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Puerto Rico Plane Crash


What: LANCAIR IVP Fixed Wing Single-Engine Experimental class plane
Where: AGUADILLA, PUERTO RICO
When: 01/07/2009
Who: Only the pilot was aboard
Why: On landing, the aircraft rolled, the nose gear collapsed.

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