ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59546
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 April 2009 |
| Time: | 16:40 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Central Airlines |
| Registration: | VH- |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Oakey Army Aviation Centre, Toowoomba, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Toowoomba, Qld (YWB/YTWB) |
| Dalby, Qld (DBY/YDBY) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
After selecting landing gear down, the left main landing gear would not extend. The pilot diverted the aircraft to Oakey where a manual gear extension also failed. After orbiting to burn fuel, the pilot conducted a wheels-up landing
Sources:
1) http://www.velozia.com/?p=1378
2) http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2009/apr/14/aap-six-survive-belly-landing-of-plane/
3) http://www.thechronicle.com.au/story/2009/04/14/young-pilots-skill-saves-lives-passengers/
4) http://www.thechronicle.com.au/story/2009/04/15/airline-launches-probe-incident/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2009 07:13 | Digitalis | Added |
| 15-Apr-2009 06:09 | slowkid | Updated |
| 20-Apr-2015 17:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2022 07:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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