- Date
- January 16, 1983, 08:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA
- Injuries
- 412 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9664Boeing 747-123
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830116003419I
- Case key
- 23580
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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.
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear strut - fatigueCause
Landing gear,main gear strut - failure,totalCause
Landing gear,main gear strut - disintegrated
Analysis
The left main landing gear collapsed while the acft was taxiing for takeoff. Dissambly revealed that the outer cylinder was shattered & metallurgical examination revealed abrasive grinding & environmetally accelerated fatigue prior to rapidfracture.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9664
- Reported as
- Boeing 747-123
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20103
- Airframe hours
- 35,806
- Engine
- P&W JT9D, 41,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- American Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Destination
- JFK · New York, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LAX · Los Angeles
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,800 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.