# Incident 20010219012309I: Boeing 717200, Milwaukee, WI, February 19, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2001, 07:35 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Airport: General Mitchell Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- Location: 42.9804° N, 87.8991° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9804&lon=-87.8991&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2410W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 717200
- People aboard: 48
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,459 total, 335 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01IA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01IA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010219012309I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON FEBRUARY 19, 2001, TRANS WORLD AIRLINE'S FLIGHT 73, A BOEING 717, N2410W, DEPARTED GENERAL MITCHELL FIELD (MKE), MILWAUKEE, WI, IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS ON A SCHEDULED PART 121 FLIGHT. AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 FEET AGL THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED DEPLOYMENT OF THE RIGHT ENGINE THRUST REVERSER.  THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MKE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT FOUND THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE THRUST REVERSER HAD BEEN PLACED ON THE MEL PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTURE DUE TO A COCKPIT INDICATION.  INSPECTION OF THE RIGHT ENGINE THRUST REVERSER DETERMINED THAT THE TWA MINIMUM EQUIPMENT AND DISPATCH PROCEDURE (MEDP) HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED AS THE LOCK PINS REQUIRED BY MEDP 78-32-01, STEP F, HAD NOT BEEN INSTALLED.

## 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 CHI01IA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01IA124), Feb 19, 2001: Boeing 717-231 (N2410W), Milwaukee, WI, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The failure of the operator to provide complete and comprehensive thrust reverser lock-out maintenance procedures and guidance to the contract maintenance personnel resulting in a partial and…

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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