Boeing 767-231 N602TW
24 January 1983 · San Diego, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 24 January 1983 at about 04:44 local time, a Boeing 767-231 registered N602TW was involved in an incident near San Diego, California, United States. 159 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 04:44
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- San Diego, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Lindberg (SAN)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 767-231
- Registration
- N602TW
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- St.louis → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Bright
- NTSB number
- LAX83IA080
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
WHILE DESCENDING THRU 12,000 FT APRX 40 MI EAST OF SAN DIEGO, CA, THE LEFT OVERWING EVACUATION SLDE ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE SLIDE SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT APRX 7 MI EAST OF THE ARPT. NO FLT CONTROL PROBLEMS WERE NOTED. INTEGRITY OF THE SYS WAS FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY. THE EVACUATION SLIDE SQUIB & ACTUATOR HAD NOT BEEN ACTIVATED. THERE WERE INDICATIONS THAT THE INTEGRATOR LOCKING PIN HAD NOT BEEN FULLY SEATED, WHICH ALLOWED THE LATCH SHAFT TO MOVE AFT, THUS ALLOWING THE DOOR LATCHES TO RELEASE. DURING A MODIFICATION ON 1/22/83, THE LATCH ATTACH SCREWS HAD BEEN CHANGED. THIS MODIFICATION REQUIRED UNLATCHING THE LOCK PIN. AMBIGUITIES WERE FOUND IN THE INSTALLATION PROCEDURE FOR THE OFF- WING SLIDE; THE INSTRUCTIONS FAILED TO DESCRIBE THE MODE OF OPERATON WITH RESPECT TO TURNING DIRECTIONS OF THE LATCH- UNLATCH LEVERS. THIS WAS THE 4TH IN-FLT OVERWING SLIDE DEPLOYMENT. AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT, BOEING BEGAN A DESIGN CHANGE OF THE INTEGRATOR MECHANISM. IN THE INTERIM, COMPLIANCE WITH SB 767-25-5 WAS REQUIRED BY 2/15/83.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Boeing 767 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Nov 1983 | Boeing 767 | San Francisco, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Dec 1983 | Boeing 767 | Denver, Colorado, United States | United Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 20 Aug 1983 | Boeing 767 | Denver, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 Mar 1986 | Boeing 767-222 | San Fransisco, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Oct 1987 | Boeing 767-201 | Los Angeles, California, United States | Piedmont Aviation, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 13 Jul 1987 | Boeing 767-232 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Mar 1983 | Enstrom F280C | Concord, California, United States | Air Executive | Minor injuries | - |
| 23 Oct 1983 | Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415-CD | Compton, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 11 Mar 1983 | Van's RV-3A | Bakersfield, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Mar 1983 | Cessna 150L | Daggett, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 9 Nov 1983 | Cessna 172N | Woodland, California, United States | River City Air/Charter | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 Mar 1983 | Piper PA-38-112 | Fresno, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |