Fokker F27 Friendship crash, Mar 8, 2003, Kinston-Stallin...
Fokker F27 Friendship accident on March 8, 2003 near Kinston-Stallings Field, North Carolina, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Fatigue failure...
- Date: March 8, 2003
- Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
- Location: Kinston-Stallings Field, North Carolina, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Fatigue failure of the right main landing gear drag stay tube, which originated at an improperly machined transition on the inner bore. No inspection procedure was required for the part.
A FedEx Fokker F27 Mark 500 landing at Kinston-Stallings Field lost its right main landing gear on the roll out after an unsafe gear indication on approach. The drag stay tube had failed from fatigue cracking that started at a machining transition on its inner surface. The aircraft slid off the runway and no one was hurt.