# Incident 19860614056519I: Boeing 72776, Indianapolis, IN, June 14, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1986, 03:00 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TAGA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N721JE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N721JE-2012-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-76 (registry code 1384016, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72776
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860614056519I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE VIBRATION DURING CLIMB. RETURNED AFTER DUMPING FUEL. SUSPECT BIRD STRIKE NUMBER 3 ENGINE.

## Other reports on N721JE (1)

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

- [Incident 19981223043489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981223043489I), Dec 23, 1998: Boeing 72776 (N721JE), Indianapolis, IN. (-5)Taxiing from box 4 at the postal ramp to spot F-4, which is on the s side of the ramp. The marshaller was directing capt holtackers to move off the center…

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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