About 2003 e.s.t. on April 8, 1981, Eastern Airlines Flight 60 Boeing 727-25, N8140N, made an intentional gears-up landing on runway 22R at John F. Kennedy International Airport, following an uneventful night from New Orleans, Louisiana. All 67 passengers and 6 crewmembers evacuated the aircraft safely using emergency procedures. There were no injuries. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the incident was the failure of the left main landing gear downlock switch which prevented a positive indication that the left main gear was down and locked, and the nightcrew's conviction that the left main gear could not be extended. Contributing to the incident was the inability of the second officer to observe clearly and interpret the left gear position indicator alignment through the viewing port.


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    Title :

    Aircraft Incident Report - Eastern Airlines, Boeing 727-25, N8140N, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York, April 8, 1981


    Publication date :

    1981


    Size :

    22 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English