Accident · 1989-05-28

NTSB case DEN89FA123 · MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-80 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1989-05-28
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-80 (N806NY)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): CONTINENTAL AIRLINES

Probable cause

A RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR VIBRATION OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN, WHICH RESULTED IN A FAILURE OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TORQUE LINK AND SIDE BRACE.

Source: NTSB case DEN89FA123

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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