Narrative:
The EO-5C aircraft, assigned to the 501st Military Intelligence Brigade of the U.S. Army, suffered a hard landing at Pyongtaek-Desiderio Army Airfield in South Korea. The right-hand main landing gear collapsed causing propellers on engines no.1 and 2 to be damaged.
The EO-5C is a DHC-7, modified as a low profile intelligence aircraft. It provides day and night, near all-weather, near real-time airborne communications and imagery intelligence collection and designated area surveillance.
Landing gear collapse
Runway mishap
» dash7world.com
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 25 February 2019 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada EO-5C (DHC-7-102) |
| Operator: | United States Army |
| Registration: | N89068 |
| MSN: | 88 |
| First flight: | 1982 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-50 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Pyongtaek-Desiderio AAF ( South Korea)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pyongtaek-Desiderio AAF (RKSG), South Korea |
| Pyongtaek-Desiderio AAF (RKSG), South Korea |
The EO-5C aircraft, assigned to the 501st Military Intelligence Brigade of the U.S. Army, suffered a hard landing at Pyongtaek-Desiderio Army Airfield in South Korea. The right-hand main landing gear collapsed causing propellers on engines no.1 and 2 to be damaged.
The EO-5C is a DHC-7, modified as a low profile intelligence aircraft. It provides day and night, near all-weather, near real-time airborne communications and imagery intelligence collection and designated area surveillance.
Classification:
Heavy landingLanding gear collapse
Runway mishap
Sources:
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