Incident · 1999-02-16

NTSB case NYC99IA062 · Airbus Industrie A-320-231 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1999-02-16
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Airbus Industrie A-320-231 (N628AW)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: AMERICA WEST AIRLINES Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AMERICA WEST AIRLINES

Probable cause

a failure of the external o-rings in the nose landing gear steering module.

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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