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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-2M7 · Detroit, MI · January 23, 1985

Date: January 23, 1985 · 09:00 local
Place: Detroit, MI
Airport: Metro
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: REPA
Aircraft: N721RW
Reported as: Boeing 7272M7
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N721RWRegistration cancelled Aug 15, 2007 · Boeing 727-2M7S/N 21200 · Built 1976 Airframe modelBoeing 727-2M7 Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-9 seriesTurbo-jet

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.

Airstair unsafe light came on. Dumped fuel and landed. Aft entry door switch plunger was faulty.

As the FAA filed it

AIRSTAIR UNSAFE LIGHT CAME ON. DUMPED FUEL AND LANDED. AFT ENTRY DOOR SWITCH PLUNGER WAS FAULTY.

Other reports on N721RW · 3

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

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