# Incident 19861208079099I: Boeing 72790C, Ketchikan, AK, December 8, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1986, 13:28 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASAA
- Location: 55.3571° N, 131.6746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchikan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3571&lon=-131.6746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N766AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N766AS-1989-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-90C (registry code 1384030, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-90c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72790C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 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/19861208079099I

## Narrative

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

CREW OXYGEN NOTED TO BE DEPLETED ON CLIMBOUT. DIVERTED. FOUND JUMP SEAT REGULATOR SWITCH IN EMERGENCY POSITION.

## Other reports on N766AS (3)

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

- [Incident 19870609021199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870609021199I), Jun 9, 1987: Boeing 72790C (N766AS), Anchorage, AK, Destroyed. Mechanic taxied 727 to a gate with an unauthorized co-pilot and inadvertently deactivated brakes. Hit jetway. Burned.
- [Incident 19870102001449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870102001449I), Jan 2, 1987: Boeing 72790C (N766AS), Juneau, AK. Missed approach due to suspected flap malfunction. Recycled switch and indication was normal. Safe landing.
- [Incident 19840105025199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840105025199I), Jan 5, 1984: Boeing 72790C (N766AS), Seattle, WA, Minor damage. Struck runway approach light system while landing short of threshold. Damaged left wheel and tire and left flap.

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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