Boeing 727-232 N24343

Summary

On 16 August 1996 at about 03:25 local time, a Boeing 727-232 registered N24343 was involved in an incident near Howard Beach, New York, United States. 112 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 August 1996 at 03:25

Classification

Incident

Location

Howard Beach, New York, United States

Coordinates

40.6608, -73.8401

Aircraft

Boeing 727-232

Registration

N24343

Category

Airplane

Engines

3

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Orlando → Jamaica

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

NYC96IA169

Nobody was injured.

fatigue failure of the fore flap attachment fitting, due to grinding marks on the fitting.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The Boeing 727-231 was on final approach with the landing gear down and locked and the flaps at 15 degrees. When the flaps were extended to 30 degrees, the airplane started to roll right. Controllability was assessed and found to be satisfactory for continuation of the approach and landing. Postlanding examination of the airplane revealed the inboard section of the fore flap on the right wing had separated from the airplane. The separated flap section was located in a street of Howard Beach, NY about 2.5 miles from the approach end of runway 13L. Metallurgical examination of the respective attachment fitting revealed a fatigue crack that had originated from grinding marks on the fitting. The source of the grinding marks, (original manufacturer or rebuilder) was not determined. During maintenance, the fitting is inspected visually during a 'C' check (at 1690 hour intervals), which had last occurred 1030 hours before the occurrence.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.