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Even though the landing gear was a serious concern the pilot should look at all surroundings and mechanics need to check things.
173 was a flight from JFK international Airport to Portland, oregon, with a stop to Denver, Colorado on december 28,1978. The flight ran out of fuel and crashed in a suburban portland area.
The NTSB investigation revealed that when the landing gear was lowered, a loud thump was heard.The right main landing gear retract cylinder assembly had failed due to corrosion, and that allowed the right gear to free fall
The accident occured when the flight crew was focused more on the landing gear problem didn't look at the fuel status and plane decented and crashed .