What: Northwest flight 332 B-757 flying from Los Angeles to Detroit
Where: Las Vegas
When: Monday May 12 2008 Time: 1610
Who:
Why: 3-foot-by 2-foot section of the wing flew off and struck the plane's horizontal stabilizer. Possibly related to hydraulics. But in the last ten years, the NTSB only investigated one other similar in-flight incident on a US Airways plane. Following that incident, US Airways inspected the wing panels on all of their 757s and found similar issues. The FAA says the wing panel fastening system on the 757 was redesigned in the1980s after repeated problems.
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: NWA332 Make/Model: B757 Description: B-757
Date: 05/12/2008 Time: 1610
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: LAS VEGAS State: NV Country: US
DESCRIPTION
NWA FLIGHT 332 DIVERTED TO LAS VEGAS DUE TO A MISSING PANEL AND HYDRAULIC
ISSUE. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED A PANEL 3 FT X 2 FT CAME OFF THE
RIGHT WING AND STRUCK THE HORIZONAL STABILIZER. LAS VEGAS, NV
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 2 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: UNK
OTHER DATA
Activity: Business Phase: Descent Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: LAS VEGAS, NV (WP19) Entry date: 05/13/2008
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