Incident · 1992-02-09

NTSB case MIA92IA081 · BOEING 727-214A · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1992-02-09
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: BOEING 727-214A (N752US)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: USAIR Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): USAIR, INC.

Probable cause

THE FLIGHT ENGINEER'S LACK OF TRAINING IN EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND HIS FAILURE TO FOLLOW PUBLISHED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, RESULTING IN HIS NOT BEING ABLE TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, FOLLOWING THE LOSS OF THE 'A' HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. CONTRIBUTING TO THE INCIDENT WAS THE CAPTAINS FAILURE TO EXHAUST ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND TIME IN ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED.

Source: NTSB case MIA92IA081

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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