Serious incident Boeing 727-23 N1992, Tuesday 3 July 1984

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Date:	Tuesday 3 July 1984
Time:	23:17 LT
Type:	Boeing 727-23
Owner/operator:	American Airlines, Inc.
Registration:	N1992
MSN:	18448/131
Engine model:	P&W JT8D-11
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 75
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Category:	Serious incident
Location:	Denver, CO - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Chicago, IL (KORD)
Destination airport:	Denver, CO (KDEN)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE ACFT WENT OFF THE RWY DURING LANDING. THE EXCURSION WAS TO THE LEFT & WAS NOT CORRECTED BEFORE THE ACFT MADE AN EXIT FROM THE RWY. THE CAPTAIN, IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, SAID THAT HE WAS ANTICIPATING A RIGHT X-WIND BECAUSE HE WAS LANDING ON RWY 26L & THE WIND WAS FROM 020 DEGREES AT 12 KTS. HE HAD ALREADY ABORTED A LANDING ON RWY 17 DUE TO A TAILWIND. THE CAPTAIN OF ANOTHER ACFT WHICH LANDED IN FRONT OF THE INCIDENT ACFT REPORTED A RIGHT X-WIND. AN FAA INSPECTOR, QUALIFIED IN BOEING 727 ACFT, DUPLICATED ALL CONDITIONS OF THE INCIDENT IN A SIMULATOR AND CONCLUDED THAT THE INCIDENT WAS THE RESULT OF IMPROPER TECHNIQUE OR CORRECTIVE ACTION OR A DELAY IN RESPONSE.

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