# Incident 19880921053449I: Boeing 727223, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, September 21, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1988, 21:42 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N710AA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727223
- People aboard: 84
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW88IA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88IA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880921053449I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO LOWER LEFT GEAR. LANDED WITH ONLY NOSE GEAR DOWN. EVACUATED. GEAR DOOR PIVOT PIN FAILED. JAMMED ACTUATOR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW88IA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88IA165), Sep 22, 1988: Boeing 727-200 (N710AA), Dfw Airport, TX, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR PIVOT TRUNNION SHAFT WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME LODGED IN THE ACTUATOR CLEVIS PREVENTING THE DOOR UNLOCK MECHANISM FROM ACTUATING DURING…

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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