Incident · 1990-02-18
What the record says
- Event date
- 1990-02-18
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- LOCKHEED L-1011-385-1 (N31013)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- TWA Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- TWA
Probable cause
THE FAILURE OF THE WELD HOLDING THE SLIP JOINT TO THE PNEUMATIC DUAL COMPENSATOR FROM THE NO. 2 ENGINE.
Source: NTSB case LAX90IA101Flight 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.