- Date
- May 25, 1986, 17:52 local (22:52 UTC)
- Place
- Corpus Christi, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 83 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N88711Boeing 727-224
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860525030699I
- Case key
- 21977
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot made an intentional gear-up landing (left main only) after numerous attempts to lower it were unsuccessful. The small steel nut which had jammed the left main gear door unlatching mechanism fell into that position sometime after the gear was retracted on the incident flight. It could have been thrown into the wheel well by the tire while on the parking ramp, taxiway, or the runway or inadvertently left in the wheel well during some previous maintenance. The landing gear or doors could not actuate with the stray nut in the position in which it was found. This occurrence is considered as an isolated incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88711
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-224
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19802
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-9, 14,500 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Continental Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- IAH · Houston, TX
- Destination
- MFE · Mc Allen, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CRP · Corpus Christi Int'L, runway 13, 7,500 × 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,256 total · 3,726 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.