- Date
- December 29, 1983, 10:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Oakland, CA
- Injuries
- 165 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2773Boeing 707-123B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 24035
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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 strong shimmy & vibration on takeoff which was attributed to deep ruts in the snow. After landingon deceleration the vibration became so severe that the plt stopped on the rwy centerline & ordered an evacuation. It was determined that the nose gear towing & steering connecting link was disconnected from the nose steering collar with the steering quick release pin installed in the disconnected link preventing continuity between cockpit steering & the nose wheels which were allowed free play.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2773
- Reported as
- Boeing 707-123B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19339
- Airframe hours
- 44,176
- Engine
- P&W JT3D-1MC6, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Trans Air, Inc., doing business as American Trans Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- American Trans Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · December 28, 1983
- Departed
- IND · Indianapolis, IN
- Destination
- OAK · Oakland, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OAK · Metropolitan Oakland Int', runway 29, 10,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,758 total · 175 in the last 90 days · 47 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Observed at
- OAK