Andrew Gray wrote:
On 2005-07-30, Ian Stirling wrote:

The shuttle has never failed, or had a near fatal incident on the way
down, other than tile problems.

Catching up... STS-9. Two independent sets of problems.

One involved various computer screwups, with the GPCs intermittently
crashing; they didn't glitch during the landing, but they did after
landing and just before deorbit.

The second, slightly more impressively, involved two valve assemblies
exploding, setting the APUs on fire; the orbiter landed with a merry
little fire burning in the aft compartment. One of these APUs was the
one which powered the nose-wheel steering, though thankfully that one
only blew after it was on the ground. Both were burning before
touchdown, though - and consider the potential nastiness of an orbiter
without steering ability trying to land.

I remembered this happening earlier on.
However, I was only 10 at the time.