- Date
- December 13, 1991, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- St. Thomas
- Injuries
- 107 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N892AABoeing 727-223
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911213061799I
- Case key
- 33002
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Probable cause
Pilot-in-command's delayed remedial action to correct for a gust of wind during the landing flare.
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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Remedial action - delayedCause
Analysis
The commercial airliner encountered a gust of wind during the landing flare and both wing tips contacted the ground resulting in minor damage. The captain executed a go-around and the airplane diverted to another airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N892AA
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-223
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22008
- Airframe hours
- 32,100
- Engine
- P&W JT8-15A, 15,500 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Airlines
- Registered owner
- Morgan Guarantee Trust Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- SJU · San Juan, PR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TIST · Cyril E. King, runway 1, 5,345 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 5,000 in this make and model · 100 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TIST, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.