Incident · 2001-02-19

NTSB case CHI01IA124 · Boeing 717-231 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 2001-02-19
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Boeing 717-231 (N2410W)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: TRANS WORLD AIRLINES Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): TRANS WORLD AIRLINES INC

Probable cause

The failure of the operator to provide complete and comprehensive thrust reverser lock-out maintenance procedures and guidance to the contract maintenance personnel resulting in a partial and inadequate securing of the faulty thrust reverser and a subsequent inadvertent deployment following takeoff. Contributing to the incident is the failure of the contract maintenance personnel to verify that the maintenance instructions received where complete, accurate, and up to date.

Source: NTSB case CHI01IA124

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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