- Date
- October 19, 1983, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 73 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N357PABoeing 727-21
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831019074909I
- Case key
- 31024
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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - failure,totalCause
Fluid,hydraulic - blocked(total)Cause
Analysis
The nose gear failed to extend due to impairment of the retraction/extension mechanism by the complete blockage of a hydraulic passagway with foreign matter similar to rubber.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N357PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-21
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19259
- Airframe hours
- 31,464
- Engine
- P&W JT8D, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Northeaster Inter. Airways
- Registered owner
- Atasco USA, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- FLL · Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- PIE · St. Petersburg, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MIA · Miami Int'L., runway 9R, 13,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
N357PARegistration cancelled Sep 15, 2009 · Boeing 727-222Airframe modelBoeing 727-222Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-15
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
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Observed at
- MIA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.