Boeing 767-232 N106DA

Summary

On 13 July 1987 at about 02:58 local time, a Boeing 767-232 registered N106DA was involved in an incident near Boston, Massachusetts, United States. 159 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 July 1987 at 02:58

Classification

Incident

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

Boston-Logan (BOS)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 767-232

Registration

N106DA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cincinnati → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC87IA202

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

DELTA FLT 752, A BOEING 767, WAS NR THE OUTER MARKER (OM) ON AN ILS RWY 22L APCH WHEN THE FLT CONTROL SYS SENSED AN UNCOMMANDED GO-ARND. THE ACFT DRIFTED RGT OF THE LOCALIZER FOR OVR 1 MIN. AT ABT 1000' AGL, RWY 22R WAS SIGHTED TO THE LEFT & A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE ON THAT RWY. RWY 22R WAS OFFSET 1500' TO THE RGT OF RWY 22L. A BOEING 727, WHICH PRECEDED THE INCIDENT ACFT, WAS CLEARED TO CROSS THE RGT RWY. THE CONTROLLER FAILED TO OBSERVE THE PROGRESS OF THE BOEING 767 AFTER IT PASSED THE OM. THE BOEING 727 CREW SAW THE BOEING 767 LANDING LIGHTS AS THE ACFT APCHD RWY 22R & NOTIFIED THE TOWER IT WOULD HOLD SHORT OF THE RWY. THE DELTA CAPTAIN HAD A REPUTATION FOR DOMINANT BEHAVIOR WHICH TENDED TO SUPPRESS OTHERS IN THE COCKPIT. THE AIRLINE OPS MANUAL GAVE MINIMAL DIRECTION CONCERNING MISSED APPROACHES. THE UNCOMMANDED GO-AROUND MALFUNCTION WAS TRACED TO A FAULTY WIRING HARNESS IN THE THROTTLE QUADRANT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.