# Incident 20111005023009I: Boeing 757-212, Los Angeles, CA, October 5, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2011, 21:05 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757AT-2017-11-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-212 (registry code 1384951, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2037 (registry code 52117, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757-212
- Reported engine: P & W PW2037
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111005023009I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 5, 2011, AT 2348 HOURS LAX-FSDO RECEIVED A FAX FROM WPRO DESCRIBING A COMPLAINT FROM A CITIZEN ABOUT A FALLING OBJECT THAT STRUCK AND DAMAGED HER PARKED PERSONAL VEHICLE. COMPLAINANT BELIEVES THE OBJECT CAME FROM AN AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT.  THE PART WAS IDENTIFIED AS A B757 MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUCK SHIELD. LAX ATC IDENTIFIED NINE AIRCRAFT THAT LANDED ON THE 24L AND 24R RUNWAYS DURING THE TIME PERIOD IDENTIFIED. ALL AIRCRAFT WERE INSPECTED, AND DELTA TAIL NUMBER 6903, N757AT OPERATING ON FLIGHT 1196 OGG-LAX, WAS FOUND TO HAVE A MISSING SHIELD.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT DELTA AIRCRAFT 6903, A B757 -  N757AT, LOST THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUCK SHIELD ON APPROACH WITH THE GEAR DOWN TO LAX ON OCTOBER 5, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 2105P AND THE PART STRUCK A CAR BREAKING THE REAR WINDOW AND DAMAGING THE TRUNK LID. FAA INSPECTORS RETRIEVED THE PART. FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE BAND CLAMPS FAILED THUS ALLOWING THE SHIELD TO DEPART THE AIRCRAFT DURING APPROACH WITH THE GEAR EXTENDED.A SDR WILL BE COMPLETED FOR THE FAILED PART. DALA MADE A REQUEST THAT THEIR PART BE RETURNED TO THEM. THE PART WAS GIVEN TO THE DALA CMO AND RETURNED AS REQESTED.

## Other reports on N757AT (2)

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

- [Incident 19990121016249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990121016249I), Jan 21, 1999: Boeing 757212 (N757AT), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. (-5) Lost piece of fairing on takeoff delta airlines (dala) N757AT B-757-212, flt. 1195 on January 21, 1999 shortly after takeoff, from Dallas/fort Worth (dfw)…
- [Incident 19951227045589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951227045589I), Dec 27, 1995: Boeing 757212 (N757AT), Chicago, IL. Marshalling to gate got stop signal but slid on wet ramp. Wing tip struck rudder of parked aircraft.

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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