# Incident 19881017052319I: Boeing 727200, Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands, October 17, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1988, 13:20 local time
- Place: Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Cyril E King Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 18.3373° N, 64.9733° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CYRIL E KING (STT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3373&lon=-64.9733&mi=10
- Aircraft: N706AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N706AA-2005-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-200 (registry code 138407E, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727200
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D1
- People aboard: 131
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,750 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA89IA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89IA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881017052319I

## Narrative

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

DRAGGED A WING LANDING IN A CROSSWIND. CREW UNAWARE UNTIL DEPLANING AT GATE.

## 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 MIA89IA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89IA012), Oct 17, 1988: Boeing 727-200 (N706AA), St. Thomas, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N706AA (1)

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

- [Incident 19970605017269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970605017269I), Jun 5, 1997: Boeing 727200 (N706AA), Miami, FL. Narrative: on 06/01/97, an American airlines B727, N706AA, landed at Miami int'l airport, FL. The left main tire blew on landing. The aircraft taxied off the…

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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