NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MKC79IA021
Registry · N2819W
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BOEING 727-247
Year of manufacture
1975 · 4 years old at event
Engine
P & W JT8D-1
Seats / Engines
134 seats · 3 engines
Last airworthiness date
19750521
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2D55A
Registrant of record
DODSON INTERNATIONAL PARTS INC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
BOEING B727 · N2819W
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
C
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
EE
Airport
MINNEAPOLIS-ST PL
Weather at impact
Sky
PARTIAL OBSCURATION
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000021057
Total time
11,942 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
11,200
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
LANDING GEAR WHEELS INTO OUTER MAIN GEAR DOOR
Investigator remarks
UNABLE TO EXTEND RT MAIN GEAR DUE TO JAMMING OF
Cause factors
- 70/A/CB A AIRFRAME NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/CD A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS JAMMED Cause — pilot/personnel action
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
4 0005.
Source file
NTSB_1979_4_0005.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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