Estado: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Fecha: | sábado 27 agosto 1988 |
Hora: | 16:50 |
Tipo: | Boeing 727-31 |
Operador: | Trans World Airlines - TWA |
Registración: | N852TW |
Numéro de série: | 18571/42 |
Año de Construcción: | 1964-04-21 (24 years 4 months) |
Horas Totales de la Célula: | 56099 |
Motores: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 6 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 62 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 68 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Considerable |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD) ( Estados Unidos de América)
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Fase: | Aterrizaje (LDG) |
Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico Programado |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL/KSTL), Estados Unidos de América |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW/KMDW), Estados Unidos de América |
Descripción:The landing gear didn't extend and the pilot went around. By using an alternate emergency gear extension procedure, the crew tried to extend the undercarriage , but attempts were unsuccessful. The crew elected to make a belly landing at O'Hare Airport. It appeared that the gear selector actuating rod was disconnected from the normal gear retract and extend actuating assembly. The crew damaged the manual gear extension mechanism in the manual extension attempts.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Improper procedural checklist in which a critical step was not listed. "
Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 11 months | Accident number: | CHI88FA223 | Download report: | Summary report
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Fuentes:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 4/90 (#2)
» NTSB
Fotos
accident date:
27-08-1988type: Boeing 727-31
registration: N852TW
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO to Chicago-Midway Airport, IL as the crow flies is 401 km (251 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.