19890110006229I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-31 · St Louis, MO · January 10, 1989

Date
January 10, 1989 · 14:30 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Lambert-St Louis International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWAA
Aircraft
N856TW
Reported as
Boeing 72731
People aboard
111
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.

Unsafe left gear light on approach. Made normal landing. Plug and connector wiring insulation aged caused a short.

As the FAA filed it

UNSAFE LEFT GEAR LIGHT ON APPROACH. MADE NORMAL LANDING. PLUG AND CONNECTOR WIRING INSULATION AGED CAUSED A SHORT.

Other reports on N856TW · 6

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