On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 at 15:59:23 in message
, Sylvia Else
wrote:
The aircraft suffered severe damage, but landed OK. Unfortunately, I
cannot remember the airline, aircraft type nor location, which makes it
a bit hard to find.

You probably mean TWA Flight 841 on 4 April 1979. The was a Boeing
727-100 N840TW. It allegedly exceeded mach 1.0 briefly on the way down.

Is that enough for you to find it? Flight was planned JFK to
Minneapolis/St Paul. The landing was made at Detroit on Runway 03L after
one abortive go-around the pilot then approached at 205k where he could
maintain some control. When they attempted to tow the aircraft away the
right main gear started to separate; when they jacked it up to look at
it the right main gear fell off!

You could also mean China Airways Flight 006 from Taipei to Los Angeles
on the 18th February 1985. That was a Boeing 747SP.
--
David CL Francis