McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 YV134

Summary

On 1 September 1983 at about 15:00 local time, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 registered YV134 was involved in an incident near Miami, Florida, United States. 201 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 September 1983 at 15:00

Classification

Incident

Location

Miami, Florida, United States

Coordinates

25.7796, -80.3008

Aircraft

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30

Registration

YV134

Category

Airplane

Engines

3

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 129: Foreign

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Caracas → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA83IA218

Nobody was injured.

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 ACFT EXPERIENCED THE SEPARATION OF A FLAP VANE WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO LAND. 50 INCHES OF THE RIGHT FLAP VANE SEPARATED AND CAUSED SLIGHT DAMAGE TO A PARKED AUTO ON THE STREET BELOW. THE ACFT CONTINUED ON TO AN UNEVENTLY LANDING. THE INCIDENT WAS NOT NOTICED UNTIL A LOCAL RESIDENT CALLED TO REPORT THE FALLEN ARTICLE. ALL DC-10 OPERATORS WERE NOTIFIED BY TELEX OF THE FAILURE DUE TO DELAMINATION OF THE VANE FROM MOISTURE INGESTION. A SKIN REPAIR HAD BEEN MADE INTHIS CASE AND A COLD BOND METHOD WITH INADEQUATE SURFACE PREPARATION AND INSUFFICIENT PRESSURE DURING BONDING WERE MAJORFACTORS IN THE FAILURE OF THE BOND. THE IDENTITY OF THE FACILITY THAT MADE THE BOND REPAIR TO THE VANE WAS NOT DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.