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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Spokane, WA · July 22, 1981

Date
July 22, 1981 · 11:28 local
Place
Spokane, WA
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N296US
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
90
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.

Aircraft taxiing to gate had fire in right main landing gear. Evacuated aircraft. Found #3 wheel bearing failure.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT TAXIING TO GATE HAD FIRE IN RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. EVACUATED AIRCRAFT. FOUND #3 WHEEL BEARING FAILURE.

Other reports on N296US · 1

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