19850314010479I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-224 · Detroit, MI · March 14, 1985

Date
March 14, 1985 · 16:20 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Metro Wayne Co
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Aircraft
N79745
Reported as
Boeing 727224
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
135
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

Mechanic opened stuck NR1 fuel valve, fuel spilled. Fuel gauges cockpit and under wing placarded inoperative.

As the FAA filed it

MECHANIC OPENED STUCK NR1 FUEL VALVE, FUEL SPILLED. FUEL GAUGES COCKPIT AND UNDER WING PLACARDED INOPERATIVE.

Other reports on N79745 · 1

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