Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Tuesday 28 November 1967 |
Time: | 21:00 |
Type: | Vickers 745D Viscount |
Operator: | United Airlines |
Registration: | N7465 |
MSN: | 231 |
First flight: | 1957 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 39 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 43 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Raleigh/Durham Airport, NC (RDU) ( United States of America)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Raleigh/Durham Airport, NC (RDU/KRDU), United States of America |
Narrative:On rollout after landing the nose wheel steering jack twin relief valve failed due to fatigue. This caused severe oscillations, enough to cause the nose gear to collapse.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSES:
airframe - landing gear: nosewheel steering
miscellaneous acts, conditions - fatigue fracture
FACTOR:
miscellaneous acts, conditions - vibration, excessive
Classification:
Landing gear collapse
Runway mishap
Sources:
» NTSB File 1-0058
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.