# NTSB BFO87IA008: Boeing 727-231, N64323, Norfolk, VA, November 16, 1986

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: November 16, 1986, 11:03 local (16:03 UTC)
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Coordinates: 36.860515, -76.200462 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8605&lon=-76.2005&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 23 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11295
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO87IA008
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11295/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87IA008

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,emergency extension assembly - failure,total (cause)
  - landing gear,main gear shock absorbing strut - fatigue (cause)
  - landing gear,main gear shock absorbing strut - stress corrosion (cause)

## Analysis

DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE R MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. A FLIGHT ATTENDANT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES DURING EVACUATION OF THE ACFT. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT DISCLOSED THAT THE SHOCK STRUT CYLINDER FRACTURED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY; ABOUT 10 INCHES BELOW THE TOP OF THE CYLINDER. METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE FRACTURE SURFACE REVEALED EVIDENCE OF PRE-EXISTING FATIGUE CRACKING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N64323 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727-231
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20098
- Engines: P&W JT8 15500 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Trans World Airlines
- Registered owner: Aviation Sales Company Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: DCA, WASHINGTON, DC
- Destination: ORF, NORFOLK, VA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: ORF, Norfolk, runway 23, 9,000 × 150 ft

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,500 ft unknown
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ORF

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.

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