- Date
- August 10, 1989, 10:46 local (14:46 UTC)
- Place
- Boston, MA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 54 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N915TSBoeing 727-254
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19890810048589I
- Case key
- 36313
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Probable cause
The failure of the landing gear drag brace to unlock during landing. Contributing was the failure of pacific southwest airlines to catch the incorrect assembly. An additional factor was the use of faulty information by eastern airlines and their decision to not make the inspection required by the Boeing service letter.
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
The crew of a Boeing 727 was unable to lower the nose landing gear by either normal means or by use of the manual handcrank. A nose gear up landing with an emergency evacuation through the L1/R1 exits was made. Post incident investigation showed that both links which remove the locking pawls in the nose gear drag brace were fractured. When examined at Boeing metallurgical laboratory, no evidence was found that bushings were installed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N915TS
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-254
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20252
- Airframe hours
- 35,787
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-7B, 14,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Trump Shuttle
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · July 29, 1988 · 931 hours before
- Departed
- LGA · Flushing, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BOS · Logan Intl, runway 33L, 10,081 × 150 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
- 47
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,900 total · 7,500 in this make and model · 2,800 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 38 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BOS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.