# NTSB MIA84IA012: Boeing 727-21, N357PA, Miami, FL, October 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: October 19, 1983, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Miami, FL
- Location: 25.7954° N, 80.2901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI INTL (MIA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7954&lon=-80.2901&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 73 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31024
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84IA012
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31024/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84IA012

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - roll
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - failure,total (cause)
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N357PA-2009-09-15), registration cancelled 2009-09-15, S/N 21896, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727-21
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-222](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (registry code 1384073) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (registry code 52051, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 19259
- Airframe hours: 31464
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19831019074909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831019074909I), Oct 19, 1983: Boeing 72721, Miami, FL, Minor damage. Unable to lower nose wheel. Landed nose wheel up. Actuator frozen in retracted position due to a foreign matter.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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