- Date
- February 25, 1987, 23:13 local (Feb 26, 1987, 06:13 UTC)
- Place
- Durango, CO
- Injuries
- 48 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N145AWBoeing 737-2A6
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870225015159I
- Case key
- 17137
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Analysis
America west airlines flt 166, a Boeing 737, departed phoenix, AZ, en route to Durango, CO. During the ILS apch to Durango's rwy 02 in IMC, the captain used a 10-15 degree crab angle to maintain the localizer course. Upon touchdown aprx 1000-1300 ft from rwy threshold, the speedbrakes deployed automatically. The acft started to drift to the left of rwy centerline. The captain applied right rudder and right nosewheel steering with negative results. Reverse thrust was not employed. Aprx 3000 ft from the rwy threshold, the left main landing gear sank in soft snow along the rwy edge and aircraft veered to the left and came to a halt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N145AW
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-2A6
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20194
- Airframe hours
- 8,479
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-9A, 14,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- America West Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- PHX · Phoenix, AZ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DRO · Durango-La Plata, runway 2, 9,200 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,613 total · 2,363 in this make and model · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DRO
FAA reports on this event · 1
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