- Date
- February 15, 1984, 10:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Tulsa, OK
- Injuries
- 20 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N903TCNihon YS-11
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840215011239I
- Case key
- 21161
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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.
Analysis
The acft experienced a nose wheel steering malfunction & ran off the rwy during landing. The nose wheel system was removed from the acft & submitted for inspection & overhaul. Examination revealed that the lever shaft 'ears' had separated from fatigue.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N903TC
- Reported as
- Nihon YS-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2044
- Airframe hours
- 21,772
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce DART 542-10J, 2,305 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Transcentral Airline Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LIT · Little Rock, AR
- Destination
- TUL · Tulsa, OK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TUL · Tulsa Int'L, runway 17L, 10,000 × 200 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 800 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 23 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.