Descripción del Accidente ASN 27 AUG 1988 Boeing 727-31 N852TW - Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD)
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Estado:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Fecha:sábado 27 agosto 1988
Hora:16:50
Tipo:Silhouette image of generic B721 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
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)
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

Fuentes:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 4/90 (#2)
» NTSB


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photo of Boeing-727-31-N852TW
accident date: 27-08-1988
type: Boeing 727-31
registration: N852TW
 

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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.
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