- Date
- August 7, 1979
- Place
- El Paso, TX · EL PASO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 42 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40490Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135582
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0021 79/8/7 EL PASO,TX BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2337 N40490 PX- 0 0 36 40, 9500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL PASO INTL OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HOUSTON,TX TUCSON,AZ EL PASO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION REMARKS- DOWN-LOCK ROD FAILED,PN 69-33654-4.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40490
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- El Paso Intl
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