| 41. | Too much air in the oily fluid would make the nose gear and steering mechanism respond sluggishly, engineers feared.
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| 42. | After the nose gear failed to deploy, the crew diverted to Mehrabad and landed without the nose gear down.
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| 43. | The damage likely contributed to the Mirage veering off the runway on landing, after which the nose gear collapsed.
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| 44. | Several minutes into the flight during a gear retraction and extension test the nose gear failed to lock properly.
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| 45. | After the nose gear failed to deploy, the crew diverted to Mehrabad and landed without the nose gear down.
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| 46. | The main landing gear was a Gemini strut and wheel, whilst the nose gear was a Gemini tail wheel assembly.
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| 47. | The nose gear of the STA was lowered at AGL in case of an inadvertent touchdown with the runway surface.
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| 48. | The aircraft struck a highway street light, and its nose gear touched down on the westbound lane of Highway 114.
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| 49. | The squadron qualified on the escort carrier in March 1946, but nose gear problems persisted and cut the cruise short.
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| 50. | There were no injuries amongst the eleven people on board although the aircraft suffered substantial damage when the nose gear collapsed.
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