# Incident 19950523015089I: Boeing 727251, San Francisco, CA, May 23, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1995, 08:35 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 37.6188° N, 122.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6188&lon=-122.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N296US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N296US-2004-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727251
- People aboard: 133
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,437 total, 6,830 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950523015089I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: UPON TAKING THE ACTIVE RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED OVER A BUMP. A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND AN UNSAFE INDICATION IN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR OCCURRED. THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY LISTED 2 DEGREE TO THE LEFT. TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED, MAINTENANCE CALLED AND LANDING GEAR PINS INSTALLED. OK FOR TAXI RECEIVED. AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO GATE. NO INJURIES REPORTED, NORMAL DEPLANING OF AIRCRAFT. (GEAR HAD BEEN REPLACED IN AUGUST 1994). AIRFRAME CYCLES: 28043 INVESTIGATION ON THE GROUND REVEALED LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUNNION ASSY. SHEARED OFF AT THE MAIN TRUNNION POINT AND ASCENDED UPWARD INTO GEAR CAVITY, GOUGING LEFT MAIN BEAM ASSY.

## Other reports on N296US (1)

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

- [Incident 19810722061789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810722061789I), Jul 22, 1981: Boeing 727 (N296US), Spokane, WA, Minor damage. Aircraft taxiing to gate had fire in right main landing gear. Evacuated aircraft. Found #3 wheel bearing failure.

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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