- Date
- December 12, 1984, 16:17 local (21:17 UTC)
- Place
- Jamaica, NY
- Injuries
- 189 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N117AAMcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841212069969I
- Case key
- 35623
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Analysis
During taxi for departure, acft experienced several jolts to the right. Capt stopped acft and requested grnd personnel to inspect landing gear. Inspection revealed rt main gear truck beam failed. Metallurgical inspection of truck beam ass'y concluded the failure was caused by stress corrosion. Manufacturer revised service bulletin, A32-127, on 5/9/85 to address stress corrosion in area where the failure occurred and recommended modification. The failed truck beam had been modified in October 1981 by the operator.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N117AA
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46517
- Airframe hours
- 36,373
- Engine
- GE CF6-6K, 39,300 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- American Airlines Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Destination
- LAX · Los Angeles, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- JFK · John F. Kennedy Int'L
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
- 56
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23,935 total · 1,680 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
- Temperature
- -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.