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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-251 · Detroit, MI · October 29, 1979

Date
October 29, 1979 · 08:35 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Metro
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWA
Aircraft
N263US
Reported as
Boeing 727251
People aboard
97
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Outboard flaps would not retract above 8 degrees. Ferried to base for repair.

As the FAA filed it

OUTBOARD FLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT ABOVE 8 DEGREES. FERRIED TO BASE FOR REPAIR.

Other reports on N263US · 3

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