Incident at Thunder Bay, Ontario
Summary
1996-12-10: Shortly after departing Thunder Bay for Toronto, the crew of Air Canada 510 advised Thunder Bay that they had trouble retracting the landing gear and were returning to Thunder Bay with a three green down and locked indication. ERS was on standby. The aircraft landed safely without further incident. TSB to update. UPDATE: Maintenance found that the nose gear oleo had gone flat. The oleo was serviced, the gear operated normally and the aircraft was returned to service.
Details
CADORS Number | 1996C0463 |
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Occurrence Type | Incident |
Reported By | NAV CANADA |
Occurred At | 1996-11-04 - 00:37 |
Day or Night? | Night-time |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 0 |
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Aerodrome Name | |
Geographic Location | Ontario, Canada, North America, Ontario Region, Thunder Bay, Ontario |
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Reported By | NAV CANADA |
Categories | System/component failure or malfunction [non-powerplant] |
Events |
Aircraft Details (1 aircraft)
Type | Aeroplane
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Canadian Registration | FTMD | Flightaware (Registration) | Flightaware (Tracking) | AvHerald |
Foreign Registration | |
Country of Registration | Canada |
Occurrence Type | Incident |
Owner | AIR CANADA |
Operator | Commercial |
Make |
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Model | DC9 32 |
Year Built | 1968 |
Engine Type | Turbo jet |
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Gear Type | |
Private | No |
Amateur Built | No |
Flight Number | ACA510 |
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Phase of Flight | Takeoff |
Damage | Unknown |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 0 |
Events | Landing gear |