Lockheed L-188 Electra crash, Mar 1, 1999, Shannon
Lockheed L-188 Electra accident on March 1, 1999 near Shannon, Munster, Ireland with no fatalities. Cause: The crew did not carry out the landing...
- Date: March 1, 1999
- Aircraft: Lockheed L-188 Electra
- Location: Shannon, Munster, Ireland
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew did not carry out the landing checks and did not notice the undercarriage was not down. The flight engineer inhibited the GPWS and silenced the gear warning horn, and the crew had selected 78 percent flaps.
A Channel Express Electra cargo flight from Cologne via Dublin to Shannon approached with its undercarriage up, after the crew missed the landing checks and silenced the warnings. The gear was not lowered before the aircraft touched down and the propellers struck the runway. In the go-around the No. 3 engine broke away, and the crew flew a second approach and landed safely on runway 24. All six occupants were unhurt.