McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N124AA

Summary

On 15 September 1984 at about 18:05 local time, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 registered N124AA was involved in an incident near Dfw Airport, Texas, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 September 1984 at 18:05

Classification

Incident

Location

Dfw Airport, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Dfw Regional (DRW)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10

Registration

N124AA

Category

Airplane

Engines

3

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tulsa → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW84IA400

Nobody was injured.

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

THE ACFT EXPERIENCED SEPN OF THE RGT WING #3 LEADING EDGE SLAT WHILE DESCENDING FOR AN APCH. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ON 7/5/84, THE COMPANY PERFORMED A 'C' CHECK INSPECTION OF THE ACFT. AT THIS TIME A RGT WING #3 LEADING EDGE SLAT RETRACT ALUMINUM PULLEY, P/N 1969-132, WAS REPLACED WITH A PHENOLIC PULLEY, P/N 1969-172. THE DC-10 PARTS ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE SPECIFIES THAT AN ALUMINUM PULLEY BE INSTALLED ON THE #3 LEADING EDGE SLAT RATHER THAN THE PHENOLIC PULLEY BECAUSE FLT LOADS ON THE #3 SLAT EXCEEDED THE DESIGN LOAD OF THE PHENOLIC PULLEY. METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE FAILED PULLEY & CABLE INDICATED EVIDENCE OF AN OVERLOAD FAILURE. INSPECTION OF OTHER COMPANY DC-10'S REVEALED AT LEAST 3 OTHER ACFT HAD PHENOLIC PULLEYS INSTALLED IN THE #3 SLAT POSITION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.