# Incident 19911213061799I: Boeing 727223, Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands, December 13, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 1991, 14:22 local time
- Place: Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Cyril E King Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N892AA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727223
- People aboard: 108
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA92IA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92IA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911213061799I

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED WIND GUST ON LANDING. RIGHT WING DIPPED. MADE GO-AROUND. LEFT WING DIPPED. BOTH WINGS STRUCK RUNWAY.

## 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 MIA92IA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92IA046), Dec 13, 1991: Boeing 727-223 (N892AA), St. Thomas, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S DELAYED REMEDIAL ACTION TO CORRECT FOR A GUST OF WIND DURING THE LANDING FLARE.

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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