35.2132° N, 80.9514° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (CLT), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 21, 1990 · 05:21 local
Place
Charlotte, NC
Airport
Charlotte-Douglas International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N760US
Reported as
Boeing 7272B7
People aboard
7
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.
Nose landing gear would not retract. Returned. Found nose landing gear locking pin had not been removed.
As the FAA filed it
NOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. RETURNED. FOUND NOSE LANDING GEAR LOCKING PIN HAD NOT BEEN REMOVED.