Accident · 1992-04-08

NTSB case NYC92LA076 · MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-32 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1992-04-08
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-32 (N926L)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: TRANS WORLD AIRLINES Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): TRANS WORLD AIRLINES

Probable cause

A FAILED WHEEL RIM FOLLOWING AN INADVERTENT OVER INFLATION BY THE MECHANIC. ADDITIONAL CAUSES WERE THE FAILURE OF THE MECHANIC TO BE AWARE OF THE PRESSURE BEING USED AND HIS FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE FAILURE OF THE COMPANY TO MAKE AVAILABLE LOW PRESSURE REGULATORS FOR THEIR MECHANICS DURING NORMAL WORK HOURS.

Source: NTSB case NYC92LA076

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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