Hard landing stressed gear The landing gear on a Federal Express MD-10 that crashed in Memphis in 2003 did not break because it was weak, but because it was overstressed, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Investigators concluded that a hard landing by the first officer, the pilot flying, in the Dec. 18, 2003, crash stressed the right main landing gear beyond its design, which resulted in its collapse and the airplane veering off the runway. The airplane…
Pilots, Not Landing Gear, Faulted in Crash
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