# Incident 19800130020349I: Boeing 727231, Indianapolis, IN, January 30, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1980, 18:16 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54327, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54327-1999-02-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-231 (registry code 1384079, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727231
- People aboard: 14
- 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/19800130020349I

## Narrative

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

ONE OF THE LEADING EDGE FLAPS COULD NOT BE RETRACTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED. FLAP RETRACT SWITCH WAS CHANGED.

## Other reports on N54327 (1)

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

- [Incident 19890809060719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890809060719I), Aug 9, 1989: Boeing 727231 (N54327), West Palm Beach, FL. Passenger interfering with flight crew inflight. Precautionary landing. Passenger arrested by police.

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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