AFTER LIFT OFF; ACFT ROLLED TO R SIGNIFICANTLY.

Date: 1992-10 · Aircraft: Medium Large Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-less-severe|other-unspecified

Synopsis

AFTER LIFT OFF; ACFT ROLLED TO R SIGNIFICANTLY.

Narrative

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

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.