Incident · 1997-05-15

NTSB case CHI97IA134 · Lockheed L-1011-385-1 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1997-05-15
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1011-385-1 (N11003)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

failure of company maintenance personnel to properly install a mounting eyebolt (and associated cotter pin, washer, spacer and castellated nut) on the lower forward bracket of the left main landing gear strut door.

Source: NTSB case CHI97IA134

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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