Plane Crash List

Boeing 727-232 N515DA

21 March 1988 · Portland, Oregon, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 March 1988 at about 00:04 local time, a Boeing 727-232 registered N515DA, operated by Delta Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an incident near Portland, Oregon, United States. 78 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 00:04
Classification
Incident
Location
Portland, Oregon, United States
Nearest airport
Portland Intl (PDX)
Coordinates
45.5701, -122.5901
Aircraft
Boeing 727-232
Registration
N515DA
Category
Airplane
Engines
3
Operating rule
Part 121: Air Carrier
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Salt Lake City → Portland
Aircraft damage
Minor
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA88IA065

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
78 0 0 0 78

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

CREW WAS UNABLE TO LOWER THE LEFT MAIN LNDG GEAR. CREW THEN EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR ATTACH FITTING HAD A FATIGUE FRACTURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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