Investigators say they found a leak of hydraulic fluid in the landing gear system on a FedEx plane that was forced to make an emergency landing this month in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
A FedEx 757 sits on a landing strip Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023 at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport after crash landing late Wednesday evening. Officials say the FedEx plane skidded off the runway during a crash landing when its landing gear did not descend, but no one was injured. A FedEx 757 sits on a landing strip Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023 at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport after crash landing late Wednesday evening.
The National Transportation Safety Board said that investigators also found a “discontinuity” in the wiring of an alternate system for lowering the landing gear.The pilots reported that after taking off from Chattanooga, they got a warning about low fluid level and a lack of pressure in one of the hydraulic systems, and they decided to return to the airport.
After getting an alert about the landing gear, the pilots declared an emergency. They did a low fly-by that allowed people in the airport tower to confirm that the left landing gear was not extended. The pilots circled and landed with the crippled gear. They were able to keep the plane going straight but couldn’t stop until 830 feet beyond the end of the runway, the NTSB said in a preliminary report. Pilots used a slide to get out of the plane.
The NTSB said an examination showed that a hose tied to a component used to activate the landing gear was leaking hydraulic fluid.
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