# Incident 20161023021529I: Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD-88, St. Petersburg, FL, October 23, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2016, 16:26 local time
- Place: St. Petersburg, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WX0A
- Location: 27.9102° N, 82.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9102&lon=-82.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N403NV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N403NV-2020-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88 (registry code 3023688, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-88) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO MD-88
- Reported engine: P & W JT8D SERIES
- People aboard: 159
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,100 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161023021529I

## Narrative

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

UPON LANDING AT PIE, SPARKS WERE OBSERVED AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOOR WAS AJAR.  AIRCRAFT DISABLED ON RUNWAY 36.  NO INJURIES REPORTED.

RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOOR DID NOT CLOSE AFTER GEAR EXTENSION.  AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR DOOR OPEN.  GEAR ABRASION PAD ON DOOR WAS DAMAGED ON LANDING.  AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE GATE AFTER LANDING.

NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED.

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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