Incident · 1990-03-13

NTSB case ATL90IA076 · DOUGLAS DC-9-31 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1990-03-13
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: DOUGLAS DC-9-31 (N8951E)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: EASTERN AIRLINES, LLC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): EASTERN AIR LINES, INC

Probable cause

INADEQUATE SERVICING OF THE AIRPLANE BY OPERATOR MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WHICH RESULTED IN THE BURST TIRE. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LINES WHICH WERE FRACTURED BY DEBRIS FROM THE BURST TIRE AND A TOTAL FAILURE OF THE AIRPLANE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM.

Source: NTSB case ATL90IA076

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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