Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Luis Munoz Marin Int'l Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
San Juan
Sunday, February 9, 1992 17:10 AST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
FLT LOST 'A' HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WHEN LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR UP LINE RUPTURED DURING GEAR RETRACTION AT POINT IT HAD CHAFFED ON APU. CAPT CALLED FOR 30,000 POUNDS OF FUEL TO BE DUMPED FOLLOWED BY MANUAL EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR. FLT ENG COULD NOT GET RT MAIN GEAR TO EXTEND MANUALLY. CAPT TOLD FLT ENG TO VIEW POSITION OF MAIN LANDING GEAR THROUGH VIEW PORTS IN CABIN. FLT ENG COULD NOT LOCATE THE VIEW PORTS AND RETURNED TO COCKPIT. CAPT THEN ORDERED FUEL DUMPED TO MINIMUM LEVEL AFTER WHICH A LANDING WITH RT MAIN GEAR RETRACTED WAS MADE. AFTER LANDING WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED THE RT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS FOUND TO BE STOWED ON THE UPLOCK NORMALLY. THE GEAR WAS THEN EXTENDED FOLLOWING NORMAL MANUAL EXTENSION PROCEDURES. NO EVIDENCE OF MALFUNCTION OF THE RT MAIN GEAR WAS FOUND. THE RT MAIN GEAR EXTENDS BY CRANKING OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM THE LEFT AND NOSE GEAR. THE FLT ENG BECAME QUALIFIED AS FLT ENG ON 11/03/91 AND HAD ACCUMULATED 200 HOURS AS FLT ENG.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
THE FLIGHT ENGINEER'S LACK OF TRAINING IN EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND HIS FAILURE TO FOLLOW PUBLISHED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, RESULTING IN HIS NOT BEING ABLE TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, FOLLOWING THE LOSS OF THE 'A' HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. CONTRIBUTING TO THE INCIDENT WAS THE CAPTAINS FAILURE TO EXHAUST ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND TIME IN ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 2/9/1992 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 1710 |
| Event Time Zone | Atlantic Standard Time |
| Event City | SAN JUAN |
| Event State | PUERTO RICO |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 00936 |
| Event Date Year | 1992 |
| Event Date Month | 2 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INT'L |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | SJU |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 10 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1653 Atlantic Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 360 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | SJU |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 10 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | AST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 7000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 2500 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 15 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 27 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 22 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 70 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 12 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 157 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 5001 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 45541 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 11 2000 2:45PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N752US |
| NTSB Number | MIA92IA081 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 121: Air Carrier |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Minor |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BOEING |
| Aircraft Model | 727-214A |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 727-214A |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 21691 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 194800 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 157 |
| Number of Engines | 3 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Continuous Airworthiness |
| Date of Last Inspection | Oct 21 1991 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 764 |
| Airframe Hours | 35403 |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | USAIR |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 35 NORTH SIXTH STREET |
| Aircraft Owner City | READING |
| Aircraft Owner State | PA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 19601 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | USAIR, INC. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 2345 CRYSTAL DRIVE |
| Operator City | ARLINGTON |
| Operator State | VA |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 22227 |
| Operator Code | USAA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1613 |
| Departure Time Zone | AST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | PHL |
| Destination City | PHILADELPHIA |
| Destination State | PA |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 20 2002 12:42PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 8 |
| Runway Length | 10002 |
| Runway Width | 200 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |