McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N105AA

Summary

On 6 June 1987 at about 18:00 local time, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 registered N105AA, operated by American Airlines, was involved in an incident near Los Angeles, California, United States. 234 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 June 1987 at 18:00

Classification

Incident

Location

Los Angeles, California, United States

Nearest airport

Los Angeles International (LAX)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10

Registration

N105AA

Category

Airplane

Engines

3

Operator

American Airlines

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chicago → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX87IA230

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

OVER THE OUTER MARKER, THE CAPTAIN EXTENDED THE FLAPS TO 50 DEGREES. AS THE FLAPS EXTENDED PAST 35 DEGREES, THE AIRPLANE ROLLED TO THE LEFT. THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED TO THE 35 DEGREE POSITION AND A GO-AROUND WAS EXECUTED. THE FLAPS WERE SET AT 22 DEGREES AND THE AIRPLANE LANDED SAFELY. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT 20 FEET OF THE LEFT OUTBOARD TRAILING EDGE FLAP VANE WAS MISSING. AN EXAMINATION OF THE FLAP VANE SECTIONS REVEALED THAT THE ATTACHMENT NUT AT TRACK NUMBER TWO WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. THE BOLT WAS NOT RECOVERED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.