Boeing 727-200 N32717
19 April 1982 · Austin, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 19 April 1982 at about 03:24 local time, a Boeing 727-200 registered N32717, operated by Continental Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident near Austin, Texas, United States. 68 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 03:24
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Austin, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Austin Muni (AUS)
- Coordinates
- 30.2599, -97.7395
- Aircraft
- Boeing 727-200
- Registration
- N32717
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 3
- Operator
- Continental Airlines, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Houston → Bennettsville
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- FTW82DA139
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED & PARTIALLY SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT STRUCTURE. EXAMINATION OF THE GEAR ASSEMBLY REVEALED A FAILED DRAG STRUT ASSEMBLY #65-57903-11. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A PRE-EXISTING CRACK PRIOR TO THE STRUT SEPARATION. THE STRESS CORROSION CRACKING PROBABLY INITIATED FROM PREVIOUS DAMAGE TO THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE STRUT CYLINDER RESULTING FROM A TIRE BLOWOUT INCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED ON 3/10/82. EITHER A SMALL CRACK OR GROUP OF CRACKS INITIATED IN THE STRUT AT THE TIME OF THE PRIOR DAMAGE, OR THE DAMAGE WAS SEVERE ENOUGH TO DISRUPT THE INTEGRITY OF THE SURFACE FINISH & PRODUCE A NOTCH AND/OR UNFAVORABLE RESIDUAL STRESS WHICH MADE THE STRUT SUSCEPTABLE TO STRESS CORROSION CRACKING IN THIS AREA.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Feb 1982 | Boeing 727-235 | Miami, Florida, United States | Pan American World Airways, In | Serious injuries | - |
| 9 Jul 1982 | Boeing 727-235 | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | Pan American World A/W | Fatal | 145 |
| 26 Dec 1982 | Boeing 727-223 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | American Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 3 Sep 1982 | Boeing 727 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | Western Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 23 Nov 1982 | Boeing 727-223 | Little Rock, Arkansas, United States | American Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 5 Jul 1982 | Boeing 727-233 | Flushing, New York, United States | Air Canada | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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