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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-251 · West Palm Beach, FL · August 3, 1986

Date: August 3, 1986 · 11:08 local
Place: West Palm Beach, FL
Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: NWAA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N253US
Reported as: Boeing 727251
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard: 85
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N253USRegistration cancelled Sep 23, 1994 · Boeing 727-251S/N 19972 Airframe modelBoeing 727-251

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.

Thrust reversers tore loose. Several belts found in cowling.

As the FAA filed it

THRUST REVERSERS TORE LOOSE. SEVERAL BELTS FOUND IN COWLING.

Other reports on N253US · 1

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

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