Aviation Crash Map

Boeing 727-200 N706AA

17 October 1988 · St. Thomas · No injuries

Summary

On 17 October 1988 at about 17:20 local time, a Boeing 727-200 registered N706AA, operated by American Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident near St. Thomas. 131 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 17:20
Classification
Incident
Location
St. Thomas
Nearest airport
Cyril E. King (STT)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Boeing 727-200
Registration
N706AA
Category
Airplane
Engines
3
Operating rule
Part 121: Air Carrier
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
San Juan → St. Thomas
Aircraft damage
Minor
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MIA89IA012

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
131 0 0 0 131

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 RT WING WAS DRAGGED WHILE LDG IN A CROSSWIND ON RWY 10. THE CREW STATED THE APRCH WAS NORMAL & THE TOUCHDOWN WAS SMOOTH ON THE RT GEAR WITH 3 DEGREES TO 5 DEGREES OF RT BANK. THE CAPT STATED THAT IMMED AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE LT WING CAME UP SUDDENLY AND HE RAPIDLY CORRECTED WITH AILERON. HE STATED THE REMAINDER OF THE ROLLOUT WAS NORMAL & THE CREW WAS UNAWARE THAT THE RT WING HAD CONTACTED THE RWY UNTIL LATER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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