Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Chicago, Illinois 60666
Friday, November 13, 1992 6:50 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE CREW OF THE MCDONNELL-DOUGLAS DC-8 CARGO AIRPLANE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR DURING ITS CLIMB TO CRUISE ALTITUDE. THE CREW ADVISED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL THAT THE LANDING GEAR HAD NOT RETRACTED PROPERLY. DURING AN ATTEMPT TO ENSURE THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION THE CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG. COINCIDENTAL WITH THE AIRCREW'S ACTIONS, A PERSON RESIDING IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME REPORTED THAT A METAL OBJECT HAD PENETRATED HER HOME'S ROOF AND IMBEDDED ITSELF IN THE FLOOR. THE AIRPLANE RETURNED TO LAND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AN ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACT PIN HAD SEPARATED FROM THE LANDING GEAR LEG. PORTIONS OF THE GEAR LEG RETRACT PIN BOSS AREA HAD SEPARATED AND WERE FOUND WEDGED ALONG SIDE THE GEAR ASSEMBLY. SUBSEQUENT METALLURGICAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PIN BOSS AREA HAD METAL FRACTURE FEATURES CONSISTENT WITH OVERLOAD, ONE OF WHICH WAS CONSISTENT WITH A PREEXISTING FRACTURE AREA. THE PIN BOSS AREA HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN OVER-BORED AND CHROME PLATED PRIOR TO A RETURN TO SERVICE. THE AIRPLANE MANUFACTURER STATED THE PIN BOSS BORE SHOULD NOT BE CHROME PLATED.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
AN IMPROPER REPAIR OF THE RETRACT PIN BOSS AREA BY THE OVERHAUL FACILITY.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 11/13/1992 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 650 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | CHICAGO |
| Event State | ILLINOIS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 60666 |
| Event Date Year | 1992 |
| Event Date Month | 11 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 700 Central Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 85 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | ORD |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 720 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 10 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CST |
| Lighting Conditions | Not Reported |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 15000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 15000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 5 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 2 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 330 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 10 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| 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 | 3 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 5047 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Nov 13 1992 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 935 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 50006 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 11 2000 3:26PM |
| 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 | N870SJ |
| NTSB Number | CHI93IA035 |
| 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 | McDonnell Douglas |
| Aircraft Model | DC-8-71 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | DC-8-71 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 46039 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 328000 |
| 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 | -- |
| Number of Engines | 4 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Continuous Airworthiness |
| Date of Last Inspection | May 21 1992 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 1554 |
| Airframe Hours | 27 |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | AERO USA |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 9 WEST 57TH ST.- 38TH FLOOR |
| Aircraft Owner City | NEW YORK |
| Aircraft Owner State | NY |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 10019 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | SOUTHERN AIR TRANSPORT |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | P.O. BOX 52-4093 |
| Operator City | MIAMI |
| Operator State | FL |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 33152 |
| Operator Code | SRAA |
| 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 | Non-scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | International |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Cargo |
| 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 | 645 |
| Departure Time Zone | CST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Cruise |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |