44.9800° N, 93.2638° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 6, 1981 · 16:00 local
Place
Minneapolis, MN
Airport
Minneapolis St Pa
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
WALA
Aircraft
N2808W
Reported as
Boeing 727247
People aboard
137
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.
After takeoff fire warning in the number one engine. Shut down and returned. Faulty fire detector loop connector.
As the FAA filed it
AFTER TAKEOFF FIRE WARNING IN THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE. SHUT DOWN AND RETURNED. FAULTY FIRE DETECTOR LOOP CONNECTOR.