Boeing 727-232 N403DA
9 January 1986 · Memphis, Tennessee, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 9 January 1986 at about 15:19 local time, a Boeing 727-232 registered N403DA, operated by Delta Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an incident near Memphis, Tennessee, United States. 38 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:19
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Memphis, Tennessee, United States
- Nearest airport
- Memphis Intl (MEM)
- Coordinates
- 35.0297, -90.0097
- Aircraft
- Boeing 727-232
- Registration
- N403DA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 3
- Operator
- Delta Air Lines, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Memphis → New York
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL86IA054
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
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THE AIRCREW RPRTD THAT WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED AFTER TAKEOFF, THE L MAIN GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE & THERE WAS AN UNSAFE DOOR INDICATION. THEY RECYCLED THE GEAR, BUT OBSERVED THE SAME INDICATIONS. THE GEAR HANDLE WAS THEN PUT IN THE NEUTRAL PSN & THE L MAIN GEAR EXTENDED TO A DOWN & LOCKED PSN. THE CAPT DECIDED TO RETURN TO MEMPHIS & MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. AFTER THE GEAR EXTENSION CYCLE, ALL GEAR INDICATED DOWN & SAFE. ALSO, TWR PSNL CONFIRMED THE GEARAPPEARED TO BE DOWN. HOWEVER, AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE L WING BEGAN SETTLING, BUT THE AIRCREW KEPT THE ACFT ON THE RWY. AN EMERG EVACUATION WAS INITIATED, BUT THE SLIDE AT THE L FWD DOOR DID NOT INFLATE. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE L GEAR OUTER CYLINDER, PN 65-57901-19, HAD FAILED FROM FATIGUE. A STRESS CORROSION CRACK HAD INITIATED ON THE OUTER DIAMETER OFTHE STRUT CYLINDER WHERE A STRAP HAD OBSCURED THE CORROSION. THERE WAS NO HISTORY OF A HARD LANDING. NO PRESSURE WAS FND IN THE INFLATION BOTTLE FOR THE L FWD DOOR SLIDE. NO REASON WAS FND FOR A LOSS OF PRESSURE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jan 1986 | Boeing 727-225 | Loudon County, Virginia, United States | Eastern Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 8 Feb 1986 | Boeing 727-223 | Harlingen, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Feb 1986 | Boeing 727-225 | New York, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Mar 1986 | Boeing 727 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Jul 1986 | Boeing 727-225 | Miami, Florida, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 23 May 1986 | Boeing 727-295 | Nashville, Tennessee, United States | Piedmont Airline | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 1986 | Piper PA-32R-300 | Nashville, Tennessee, United States | Emert Mobile Homes | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Oct 1986 | Bell 206B III | Nashville, Tennessee, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Mar 1986 | Piper PA-14 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Thomas Day Oates | No injuries | - |
| 3 Dec 1986 | Bell 206L-1 | Jamestown, Tennessee, United States | Customaire, Inc. | Fatal | 4 |
| 20 Oct 1986 | Cessna R172K | Rockwood, Tennessee, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 21 Mar 1986 | Boeing 737-200 | Nasville, Tennessee, United States | - | No injuries | - |