Incident · 1990-01-31

NTSB case ATL90IA060 · DOUGLAS DC-9-31 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1990-01-31
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: DOUGLAS DC-9-31 (N8978E)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: EASTERN AIRLINES, LLC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): EASTERN AIR LINES, INC

Probable cause

THE DISABLING OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TORQUE LINK WHICH ALLOWED THE TRUCK TO ROTATE FREELY. THE TORQUE LINK WAS DISABLED WHEN EXCESSIVE VIBRATION WAS GENERATED BY EXCESSIVE PLAY OF THE TORQUE LINK PINS IN THEIR BUSHINGS.

Source: NTSB case ATL90IA060

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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