19871115081909A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Doug DC-9-31 · Cleveland, OH · November 15, 1987

Date
November 15, 1987 · 11:00 local
Place
Cleveland, OH
Airport
Cleveland-Hopkins International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8988E
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL88IA037
Reported as
Doug DC931
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D7
People aboard
64
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,055 total1,014 in this make and model

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Thrust reverser door opened during descent. Had fatigue failure of the outboard upper thrust reverser driver link.

As the FAA filed it

THRUST REVERSER DOOR OPENED DURING DESCENT. HAD FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE OUTBOARD UPPER THRUST REVERSER DRIVER LINK.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N8988E · 1

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