Tag: Failed Landing Gear Extension
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On This Day In 2000: Piper PA-31T3’s Gear-Up Landing at Nuiqsut Triggered a Deadly Low-Altitude Turnaround, Killing Five and Exposing Hidden Warning Failures.
On September 18, 2000, Cape Smythe Air Service Flight 181, a Piper PA-31T3 Cheyenne registered N220CS, was operating a scheduled commuter flight from Deadhorse to Nuiqsut, Alaska. The aircraft carried one pilot and nine passengers. At about 3:10 p.m. local time, the flight ended in a fatal crash roughly 300 yards south of Nuiqsut Airport,…
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