Lockheed P-2 Neptune crash, Jun 15, 2014, Fresno
Lockheed P-2 Neptune accident on June 15, 2014 near Fresno, California, United States with no fatalities. Cause: NTSB: The collapse of the nosewheel...
- Date: June 15, 2014
- Aircraft: Lockheed P-2 Neptune
- Location: Fresno, California, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: NTSB: The collapse of the nosewheel landing gear due to the disengagement of the nosewheel landing gear pin. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the main hydraulic system due to overpressurization for reasons that could not be determined.
Minden Air Tanker 48, a Lockheed SP 2H Neptune, lost hydraulic pressure on the return from an aerial drop and diverted to Fresno. The first officer lowered the main gear with the emergency release, and the airplane landed normally, but the nosewheel gear collapsed during the landing roll and the airplane came to rest nose low. No one was injured, and the NTSB found the nosewheel gear pin had disengaged from the jury strut, with the hydraulic overpressurization cause not determined.