# Incident 19850412019499I: Boeing 727200, Minneapolis, MN, April 12, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1985, 23:00 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis St Pa
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1984, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1984-2017-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-23 (registry code 1384004, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727200
- 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/19850412019499I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AT GATE AFTER GROUND PERSONNEL REMOVED PIN. MECHANICS WORKING ON GEAR LIMIT SWITCH IN COCKPIT.

## Other reports on N1984 (3)

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

- [Incident 19890327024369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890327024369I), Mar 27, 1989: Boeing 72723 (N1984), Syracuse, NY. No safe gear down light but appeared safe. Landed without incident. Down lock switch was defective.
- [Incident 19880515069639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880515069639I), May 15, 1988: Boeing 72723 (N1984), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Prior to guidemans signal to stop, left wing struck a parked fuel truck while parking the aircraft.
- [Incident 19850527026319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850527026319I), May 27, 1985: Boeing 72723 (N1984), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Nose gear would not extend and lost a system hydraulics. Landed with nose gear retracted. Steering filter cap broke

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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