# Incident 19780930018289I: Boeing 727, Ketchikan, WA, September 30, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1978, 18:18 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, WA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASA
- Aircraft: N314AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N314AS-2012-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-21 (registry code 1384003, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 94
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780930018289I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEFT MAIN GEAR TIRES DEFLATED BEFORE LANDING. FUSE PLUGS BLOWN. 3 SHORT FLIGHTS WITH SHORT COOLING TIME.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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