# Incident 19800531052269I: Boeing 727231, Indianapolis, IN, May 31, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1980, 09:59 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Weir Cook
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N54345, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54345-2001-01-19) (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: 71
- 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/19800531052269I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO LOSE HYDRAULICS, LANDED SAFELY. FOUND CRACKED HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR.

## Other reports on N54345 (3)

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

- [Incident 19920926041959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920926041959I), Sep 26, 1992: Boeing 727231 (N54345), St Louis, MO. Lost a system hydraulic fluid on descent. Lowered gear manually. Landed safely.
- [Incident 19870808050759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870808050759I), Aug 8, 1987: Boeing 727231 (N54345), St Louis, MO. A system hydraulic fluid loss with gear retraction. Returned. Found a main gear door actuator flex line failed.
- [Incident 19821201065489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821201065489I), Dec 1, 1982: Boeing 727231 (N54345), St Louis, MO. Pilot returned to airport when main gear did not retract. Replaced main gear down lock switch.

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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