- Date
- November 8, 1983, 08:58 local (14:58 UTC)
- Place
- St. Louis, MO
- Injuries
- 138 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N903TWMcdonnell Douglas DC9-80
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831108069079I
- Case key
- 33569
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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
Misc rotorcraft,tail cone - undeterminedCause
Analysis
During landing rollout the aft fiberglass tailcone fell off the acft for undetermined reasons.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N903TW
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC9-80
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 49154
- Airframe hours
- 1,499
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-217A, 20,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Transworld Airways
- Registered owner
- Mcdonnell Douglas Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · November 8, 1983 · 3 hours before
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- STL · Lambert St. Louis Intl., runway 12R, 11,018 × 200 ft, concrete
N903TWRegistration cancelled May 10, 2007 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82)Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82)Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D series
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Observed at
- STL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.