Incident · 2003-08-24

NTSB case MIA03IA168 · Boeing 757-223 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 2003-08-24
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Boeing 757-223 (N609AA)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The failure of maintenance personnel from the aircraft operator to identify a missing left main landing gear truck beam shield and damage to the left main landing gear truck beam which resulted in the fracture of the truck beam as a result of stress corrosion cracking.

Source: NTSB case MIA03IA168

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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