# Incident 20000402002129I: Boeing 727224, Yap-Caroline Is, FM, April 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2000, 09:56 local time
- Place: Yap-Caroline Is, FM
- Airport: Yap I International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MZZA
- Aircraft: N79743 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727224
- Pilot flight hours: 11,476 total, 5,976 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA00WA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA00WA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000402002129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CONTINENTAL MICRONESIA FLIGHT 915 DEPARTED GUAM.  THE FLIGHT PROCEEDED NORMALLY UNTIL THE LANDING ROLL IN YAP.  AT APPROXIMATELY 70 KNOTS AT THE INITIATION OF BRAKING, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY ON THE FLAPS AND SLATS.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND CAME TO REST 5,000 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 7,30 DEGREES LEFT OF RUNWAY HEADING WITH BOTH MAIN GEAR OFF OF THE RUNWAY.  THERE WAS NO FIRE.  AN ORDERLY EXIT OF THE PASSENGERS AND CREW WAS ACCOMPLISHED UTILIZING THE LEFT FORWARD DOOR AND EMERGENCY EXIT SLIDE.  THE LEFT FORWARD DRAG STRUT ASSEMBLY FAILED AT THE UPPER DATA PLATE CLAMP (APPROXIMATELY 21 INCHES ABOVE THE LOWER ATTACH POINT).  ON-SCENE OBSERVATIONS LED TO THE TENTATIVE CONCLUSION THAT THE FAILURE SEQUENCE WAS:  1.  FORWARD DRAG BRACE FRACTURED (INITIATING EVENT).  2.  FORWARD TRUNNION PULLED AFT OUT OF ITS BEARING AS THE GEAR FOLDED AFT.  3.  AFT TRUNNION PULLED OUT OF ITS BEARING.  GEAR DOORS AND OTHER STRUTS/BRACES FAILED.  4.  LEFT OUTBOARD TIRE FAILED (CUT) AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE GEAR COLLAPSE.

## 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 DCA00WA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA00WA035), Apr 2, 2000: Boeing 727 (N79743), Yap, Micronesia, incident, minor damage

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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