38.6273° N, 90.1979° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 22, 1986 · 17:30 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Lambert St Louis International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWAA
Aircraft
N54339
Reported as
Boeing 727231
People aboard
137
Fatal injuries
0
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Lack of nose wheel steering on rollout. Found torque link locking pin missing. Torque links separated.
As the FAA filed it
LACK OF NOSE WHEEL STEERING ON ROLLOUT. FOUND TORQUE LINK LOCKING PIN MISSING. TORQUE LINKS SEPARATED.