# Incident 19790121002959I: Boeing 727232, Bangor, ME, January 21, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1979, 01:36 local time
- Place: Bangor, ME
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DAL
- Location: 44.8012° N, 68.7778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bangor, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8012&lon=-68.7778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N409DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N409DA-2001-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727232
- People aboard: 38
- 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/19790121002959I

## Narrative

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

BOTH NOSE WHEEL TIRES BLEW ON LANDING DUE TO FORZEN NOSE WHEEL BROKE ASSEMBLIES.

## Other reports on N409DA (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19941202045569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941202045569I), Dec 2, 1994: Boeing 7272J7 (N409DA), Omaha, NE. NR2 engine flamed out when full heat applied at FL350. Restart lower. Cause could not be determined.
- [Incident 19891006054149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891006054149I), Oct 6, 1989: Boeing 727232 (N409DA), Fairbanks, AK. Received approval from ATC to use a ground vehicle road for taxi to ramp. Gear departed taxiway into gravel.
- [Incident 19881003053659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881003053659I), Oct 3, 1988: Boeing 727232 (N409DA), West Palm Beach, FL. Landed with no "a" system hydraulics or brakes. Stopped at end of runway. NR7 slat actuator had a leak.

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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