# Incident 19991206035119I: Boeing 767232, Salt Lake City, UT, December 6, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1999, 16:55 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111DN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767232
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00IA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00IA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991206035119I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DELTA AIRLINES B-767 N111DN DEPARTED SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON DECEMBER 6, 1999, AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT DUE TO A LANDING GEAR PROBLEM.  DELTA AIRLINES MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND A BROKEN RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR (MLG) RETRACT ACTUATOR BROKEN DUE TO A FRACTURE AND CORROSION AT THE INBOARD ACTUATOR ROD END, WHICH CAUSED THE GEAR TO EXTEND AGAIN AFTER A RETRACTION FAILURE.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, AND NO INJURIES TO CREW OR 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 DEN00IA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00IA023), Dec 6, 1999: Boeing 767-232 (N111DN), Salt Lake City, UT, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: Total failure of the main landing gear retract actuator due to stress corrosion caused by the use of a faulty sealant by company maintenance personnel that allowed moisture to enter the joint. A…

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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