Eddie sez:
Korean Air 852
Case Studies
I heard early on in my flying career, "There are those who have and those that will," when it comes to gear up landings. Hogwash. Here is a professional crew that totalled a multimillion dollar aircraft because they couldn't be bothered with the checklist. . . .
Everything here is from the references shown below, with a few comments in an alternate color.
Photo: HL7350, from Aviation Safety Network.
Last revision:
20130714
Accident Report
- Date: 13 JUN 1991
- Time: 18:41
- Type: Boeing 727-281
- Operator: Korean Air
- Registration: HL7350
- Crew: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
- Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 120
- Total: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 127
- Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
- Location: Taegu Airport (TAE) (South Korea)
- Phase: Landing (LDG)
- Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
- Departure airport: Jeju (Cheju) International Airport (CJU/RKPC), South Korea
- Destination airport: Daegu (Taegu) International Airport (TAE/RKTN), South Korea
Narrative
Gear-up landing. The crew failed to read out the landing procedure checklist, didn't select the gear down. The circuit breaker was pulled when the warning system horn sounded.
Cause
The narrative says it all.
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