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LAX87LA317

1987-08-27 · BERMUDA DUNES, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

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Factual narrative

THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR HIT THE RUNWAY LIP UPON TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 11 AND COLLAPSED. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE RUNWAY'S OVERRUN AREA WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THERE WAS A NINE INCH LIP AT THE RUNWAY END. THE PILOT WAS AWARE OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_LAX87LA317.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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