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NYC88LA011

1987-10-18 · NANTUCKET, Massachusetts, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport ACK

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THE PLT RPRTD THAT DRG AN APCH TO RWY 6 AT DUSK, A SUDDEN SINK RATE DEVELOPED. HE APPLIED POWER & BROUGHT THE ACFT TO A CLIMB ATTITUDE; HOWEVER, HE FELT A 'THUD BENEATH THE AIRCRAFT' & NOTED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR LIGHT NO LONGER INDICATED DOWN & LOCKED. SUSPECTING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR HAD SEPARATED, HE MADE A GO-AROUND. DRG A SUBSEQUENT LANDING ON RWY 24, HE SHUT DOWN THE ENGS & HELD THE RIGHT WING UP AS LONG AS POSSIBLE BY USING THE AILERONS. AS THE ACFT SLOWED,THE RIGHT WING SETTLED & THE ACFT WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY. GOUGES WERE FND SHORT OF RWY 6, WHERE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR HAD HIT THE GROUND & SEPD FROM THE ACFT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_NYC88LA011.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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