ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 220014
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| Date: | Monday 4 January 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
| Owner/operator: | East African Airways |
| Registration: | 5X-AAP |
| MSN: | 10241 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 30 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Nairobi -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi |
| Malindi | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Returned to Nairobi with a port undercarriage warning light indicating the gear was not locked.
On landing port gear collapsed and the aircraft ran of the runway.
The cause of the accident was the failure of the undercarriage ram actuator to operate, the actuator having separated and jamming the undercarriage in such a way to prevent satisfactory engagement of the down lock. It is probable that the failure of the actuator retaining ring arose from metallurgical stresses originated by the use of incorrect tools when tightening the ring.
Sources:
British Pathe: https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVABPTMREIE64IW7DJ8JZPY8JCLB-KENYA-PILOT-SAVES-PASSENGERS-WITH-CONTROLLED-CRASH-LANDING/query/CRASH+PILOT
ICAO Circular 118-AN/88
Airfinance Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 January 1987 | G-BMAU | British Midland Airways - BMA | 0 | 4 km W of East Midlands Airport (EMA) |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Dec-2018 09:04 | Cobar | Added |
| 07-Apr-2019 11:02 | Aerossurance | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2019 11:05 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 07-Aug-2019 08:48 | Frank Ellemers | Updated [Cn, Source] |
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