@aircraft_investigator: Eagle Airways Flight 2300 (operating as Air New Zealand Flight 2300) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru) to Wellington International Airport in New Zealand. On 18 June 2007, the Beechcraft 1900D operating the flight suffered a hydraulic failure and performed an emergency landing without its landing gear extended. All 15 passengers and two crew members survived; the aircraft sustained substantial damage, primarily to the belly, propellers, and engines. The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) was responsible for investigating the accident. The TAIC's final report concluded that a metal fatigue crack in the landing gear actuator had developed over time (estimated at some 11,900 flight cycles) and reached a critical size during the flight to Wellington. The crack allowed hydraulic fluid to escape overboard and, because of the landing gear system design, the crew was unable to lower the gear by any means. #airplanes #pilot #aircrashinvestigation #fyp #viral

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