# Accident 19820417010059A: Boeing 727224, Austin, TX, April 17, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1982, 21:25 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Mueller Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32717, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32717-2012-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-224 (registry code 1384076, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727224
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9A
- People aboard: 69
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,165 total, 2,461 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820417010059A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEFT MAIN GEAR DRAG STRUT FAILED DURING LANDING ROLL CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N32717 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780325010209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780325010209I), Mar 25, 1978: Boeing 727 (N32717), Peoria, IL. Aircraft taxiing on icy taxiway with quartering tail wind, slid into mud. Braking reported fair to poor.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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