- Date
- March 20, 1988, 16:04 local (Mar 21, 1988, 00:04 UTC)
- Place
- Portland, OR
- Injuries
- 78 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N515DABoeing 727-232
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880320006949I
- Case key
- 40741
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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
Crew was unable to lower the left main lndg gear. Crew then executed an emergency landing on the right main and nose gear with minor damage to the acft. The investigation revealed that the left main gear door attach fitting had a fatigue fracture.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N515DA
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-232
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21431
- Airframe hours
- 29,397
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-15A, 17,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Delta Air Lines, Inc., doing business as Delta Air Lines
- Registered owner
- Wilmington Trust Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · March 8, 1988 · 101 hours before
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- PDX · Portland, OR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PDX · Portland Intl, runway 20, 7,000 × 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
- 49
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total · 5,000 in this make and model · 400 in the last 90 days · 200 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDX
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.