- Date
- December 27, 1987, 12:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 131 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N54344Boeing 727-231
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871227074799I
- Case key
- 32051
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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
Plt was instructed to turn the tail to the right as viewed by the signal man during power back. As power back started the tail was turned to the left as viewed by the signal man. The signal man corrected this turn but the acft was now making a much larger arc and was approaching the aircraft parking area at the opposite concourse. The signal man urgently signaled for the plt to come forward but the acft rolled back another 40 to 50 feet striking a parked cargo loader. Witnesses stated the acft was being power backed at a much greater speed than normal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54344
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-231
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21632
- Airframe hours
- 21,217
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-9A, 14,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Trans World Airlines, doing business as Twa
- Registered owner
- Trans World Airlines Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · December 16, 1987 · 74 hours before
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MIA · Miami International
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
- 50
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,018 total · 8,823 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- 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.