# Incident 19830319011499I: Boeing 72731, Kansas City, MO, March 19, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1983, 09:00 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N849TW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N849TW-1989-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-31 (registry code 1384010, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72731
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- 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/19830319011499I

## Narrative

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

"A" SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FAILED AFTER TAKEOFF, RETURNED. LANDING GEAR MANUALLY EXTENDED. FOUND LEAK IN THE LINE.

## Other reports on N849TW (1)

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

- [Incident 19780430014929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780430014929I), Apr 30, 1978: Boeing 727 (N849TW), St Louis, MO. Flap carriage found on taxiway by other taxiing aircraft.

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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