Douglas DC-10 crash, Jul 28, 2006, Memphis
Douglas DC-10 accident on July 28, 2006 near Memphis, Tennessee, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Fatigue cracking of the left main landing...
- Date: July 28, 2006
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-10
- Location: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Fatigue cracking of the left main landing gear outer cylinder at the air filler valve hole, caused by stray nickel plating introduced during overhaul and residual stress from an earlier load event; maintenance procedures did not prevent the plating from entering the bore.
A FedEx DC-10-10F on a Seattle to Memphis cargo flight landed with its left main landing gear failing because of fatigue cracking around the air filler valve hole. The cracks had started where stray nickel plating had entered the bore during an earlier overhaul, and the landing loads exceeded the remaining strength of the cracked section. No one was injured.