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DEN86LA145

1986-05-25 · FARGO, North Dakota, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

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THE PLT REPORTS THAT HE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY IN RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR AFTER DEPARTURE BUT IT DID RETRACT AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. HE SAID THE GEAR SYSTEM SEEMED TO BE HANGING UP. UPON REACHING DESTINATION THE GEAR AGAIN SEEMED TO HANG UP WHEN EXTENSION WAS ATTEMPTED. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE GEAR THE GEAR HANDLE BROKE OFF AND ALL FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE GEAR WERE FUTILE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_DEN86LA145.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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