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ATL85LA178

1985-06-02 · OLIVE BRANCH, Mississippi, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

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PLT WAS RETURNING TO ARPT WITH KNOWN LOW FUEL STATE. THE PLANNED LANDING WAS TO BE ON RWY 18 BUT WHILE APPROACHING THE ARPT, THE ENG MISSED. THE PLT ELECTED TO LAND ON RWY 36 WITH A TAILWIND AND CONFLICTING TRAFFIC. THE CONFLICTING TRAFFIC CLEARED THE RWY AND THE ACFT WAS FORCED ONTO THE RWY AND A PORPOISING ACTION RESULTED. THE LEFT WHEEL BROKE AWAY AND THE ACFT CAME TO A STOP JUST OFF THE NORTH END ON RWY 36. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_ATL85LA178.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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