# Incident 19960116002299I: Boeing 727231, San Antonio, TX, January 16, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1996, 17:00 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- Location: 29.5340° N, 98.4691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANTONIO INTL (SAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5340&lon=-98.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64320, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64320-2003-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-231 (registry code 1384079, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727231
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960116002299I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, FLIGHT 199, A BOEING 727-231, INBOUND STL-SAT, EXPERIENCED A DOOR INDICATION OF THE AFT AIR STAIR DOOR, WHICH IS NOT IN THE PRESSURE VESSEL. THE FLIGHT CREW DETERMINED THAT THE DOOR HAD LOOSENED FROM ITS LATCHES AND HAD BEGUN OPENING. THE FLIGHT LANDED AT SAT WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THE D.B. COOPER LATCH WAS WEDGED BETWEEN THE DOOR FRAME AND DOOR, NOT ALLOWING FULL CLOSURE. UPON INSPECTION, THE CREW TOOK PRECAUTIONARY ACTION AND USED A ROPE TO ENSURE THAT THE DOOR WAS SAFELY CLOSED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N64320 (1)

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

- [Incident 19860627057849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860627057849I), Jun 27, 1986: Boeing 727231 (N64320), Indianapolis, IN. Captain was incapacitated by stomach pain. Safe landing made.

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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