# Incident 19810722061789I: Boeing 727, Spokane, WA, July 22, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1981, 11:28 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 47.6588° N, 117.4260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spokane, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6588&lon=-117.4260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N296US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N296US-2004-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 90
- 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/19810722061789I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19950523015089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950523015089I), May 23, 1995: Boeing 727251 (N296US), San Francisco, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: upon taking the active runway, aircraft was cleared for takeoff. The aircraft taxied over a bump. A loud noise was heard and an unsafe indication in…

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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