# Incident 19890810048589I: Boeing 727, Boston, MA, August 10, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1989, 10:45 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TAOA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N915TS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N915TS-1997-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-254 (registry code 138408L, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-254) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 54
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89IA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89IA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890810048589I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP. EVACUATED PASSENGERS.

## 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 NYC89IA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89IA185), Aug 10, 1989: Boeing 727-254 (N915TS), Boston, MA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE LANDING GEAR DRAG BRACE TO UNLOCK DURING LANDING. CONTRIBUTING WAS THE FAILURE OF PACIFIC SOUTHWEST AIRLINES TO CATCH THE INCORRECT ASSEMBLY. AN ADDITIONAL FACTOR WAS THE USE OF…

## Other reports on N915TS (1)

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

- [Incident 19920916042859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920916042859I), Sep 16, 1992: Boeing 727254 (N915TS), New York, NY, Minor damage. A loader driven by company employee struck the left wing tip of this aircraft.

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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