# Incident 19840905050979I: Boeing 727224, Kansas City, MO, September 5, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1984, 19:18 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- 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: N88709, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88709-2013-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-224 (registry code 1384076, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727224
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D1
- People aboard: 51
- 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/19840905050979I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO CONTROL PRESSURE IN CABIN. FOUND A CRACK IN THE CEILING OF THE NOSE WHEEL WELL.

## Other reports on N88709 (2)

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

- [Incident 19890810046269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890810046269I), Aug 10, 1989: Boeing 727224 (N88709), Los Angeles, CA, Minor damage. Severe vibration in cruise. Descended and slowed. Found 20 inch crack in floor panel in wheel well.
- [Incident 19790420024509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790420024509I), Apr 20, 1979: Boeing 727224 (N88709), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Pilot struck a service truck during taxi. Damaged the wingtip.

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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