Incident · 1991-12-18

NTSB case ATL92IA030 · Airbus Industrie A-310-200 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1991-12-18
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Airbus Industrie A-310-200 (N803PA)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: DELTA AIR LINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): DELTA AIRLINES INCORPORATED

Probable cause

THE IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF THE THRUST REVERSER STOW SWITCH ASSEMBLY BY COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, WHICH RESULTED IN THE ERRONEOUS ILLUMINATION OF THE THRUST REVERSER WARNING LIGHT.

Source: NTSB case ATL92IA030

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.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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