McDonnell Douglas MD-83 crash, Apr 20, 2018, Alexandria-E...
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 accident on April 20, 2018 near Alexandria-Esler Regional, Louisiana, United States with no fatalities. Cause: NTSB: Fatigue...
- Date: April 20, 2018
- Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-83
- Location: Alexandria-Esler Regional, Louisiana, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: NTSB: Fatigue crack in the right main landing gear cylinder; AD inspections failed to detect the crack.
A World Atlantic Airlines MD 83 charter carrying 94 passengers and 7 crew suffered a right main landing gear collapse on landing at Alexandria Esler Regional, Louisiana. The aircraft stopped on the runway and was evacuated through three doors, while one escape slide failed to inflate. The NTSB traced the collapse to a fatigue cracked landing gear cylinder that inspections under an airworthiness directive had missed.