# Incident 20000524033249I: Doug DC983, Tampa, FL, May 24, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2000, 15:00 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- Location: 27.9755° N, 82.5332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAMPA INTL (TPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9755&lon=-82.5332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N939AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N939AS-2018-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) (registry code 3022083, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC983
- People aboard: 142
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000524033249I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON MAY 24, 2000 AT 1430 EST, A MCDONALD DOUGLAS DC-9-83, N939AS, OPERATED BY TWA HAD AN UNSAFE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR INDICATION AFTER TAKE OFF FROM REGION SOUTHWEST AIRPORT, FT. MEYERS, FL., ON A FLIGHT TO ST. LOUIS, MO. THE PILOT REPORTED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND GEAR DOOR LIGHT DID NOT GO OUT AND HAD AN UNSAFE LANDING GEAR RED LIGHT ILLUMINATED.  THE PILOT CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR THREE TIMES AND LIGHTS WOULD NOT GO OUT.  ABOVE 250 KTS THE PILOT REPORTED AIRCRAFT VIBRATION.  FLIGHT WAS DIERTED TO TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION FOUND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR SHOCK STRUT GLAND NUT PN 80183 WHICH HOLDS TEH INNER CYLINDER, WORKED LOOSE AND THUS ALLOWED THE SEALS AND FLUID TO BE FORCED OUT OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR SHOCK STRUT.

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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