- Date
- August 22, 1987, 13:12 local (18:12 UTC)
- Place
- Belleville, IL
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 178 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N609TWBoeing 767-231ER
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1989
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19870822082209I
- Case key
- 13841
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,normal brake system - not securedCause
Maintenance,installation - improperCause
Instructions,written/verbal - inadequate
Light condition - dark night
Maintenance,inspection - inadequateCause
Gear not extended
Landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - failure,partial
Landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - jammed
Misc eqpt/furnishings,slides - binding(mechanical)
Aircraft
- Registration
- N609TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 767-231ER
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22572
- Airframe hours
- 12,336
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Transworld Airlines, doing business as Twa
- Registered owner
- Trans World Airlines, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 30, 1987 · 614 hours before
- Departed
- SFO · San Francisco, CA
- Destination
- BLV · St Louis, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DLV · Scott Afb, runway 32, 7,061 × 150 ft, concrete
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BLV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.