# Incident 19840817052289I: Boeing 727223, Ft Myers, FL, August 17, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1984, 09:45 local time
- Place: Ft Myers, FL
- Airport: Southwest Florida
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 26.5362° N, 81.7552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTL (RSW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5362&lon=-81.7552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6821, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6821-2007-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-223 (registry code 1384074, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727223
- 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/19840817052289I

## Narrative

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

FINAL APPROACH TO WRONG AIRPORT. EXECUTED MISSED APPROACH. LANDED AT DESTINATION AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N6821 (2)

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

- [Incident 19910103001819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910103001819I), Jan 3, 1991: Boeing 727223 (N6821), Des Moines, IA. Smoke in cabin while taxiing to gate. Stopped and evacuated. Water in oil separator bags caused smoke.
- [Incident 19800515043239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800515043239I), May 15, 1980: Boeing 727223 (N6821), Chicago, IL. Flight returned due to trailing edge flap malfunction.

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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