- Date
- March 8, 1987, 08:17 local (13:17 UTC)
- Place
- Baltimore, MD
- Injuries
- 76 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N236AAMcDonnell Douglas MD-80
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870308015489I
- Case key
- 30526
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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
Main landing gear upper torque link attach bolt separated during takeoff as a result of preexisting stress corrosion cracking. Mcdonnell-douglas issued alert MD-80 service bulletin A32-220 following the incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N236AA
- Reported as
- McDonnell Douglas MD-80
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 49251
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-217A, 20,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Airlines
- Registered owner
- Connecticut National Bank
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- DAL · Dallas, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BWI · Baltimore Wash Int'L, runway 28, 9,452 × 200 ft, asphalt
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,400 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.