- Date
- June 6, 1987, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA
- Injuries
- 234 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N105AAMcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870606028749I
- Case key
- 25436
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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
Over the outer marker, the captain extended the flaps to 50 degrees. As the flaps extended past 35 degrees, the airplane rolled to the left. The flaps were retracted to the 35 degree position and a go-around was executed. The flaps were set at 22 degrees and the airplane landed safely. An examination of the airplane revealed that 20 feet of the left outboard trailing edge flap vane was missing. An examination of the flap vane sections revealed that the attachment nut at track number two was severely corroded. The bolt was not recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N105AA
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46505
- Airframe hours
- 42,876
- Engine
- GE CF6-6, 39,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Airlines
- Registered owner
- American Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · May 17, 1987 · 174 hours before
- Departed
- ORD · Chicago, IL
- Destination
- LAX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LAX · Los Angeles International, runway 25L, 11,096 × 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
- 57
- 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
- 33,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Observed at
- LAX
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.