# Incident 19870208004349I: Boeing 727223, Des Moines, IA, February 8, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1987, 22:14 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N867AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N867AA-2002-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-223 (registry code 1384074, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727223
- People aboard: 27
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 137 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870208004349I

## Narrative

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

COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED AFTER EMERGENCY DESCENT. EXACT MALFUNCTION NOT REPORTED.

## Other reports on N867AA (1)

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

- [Incident 19951027039929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951027039929I), Oct 27, 1995: Boeing 727223 (N867AA), Chicago, IL. Narrative: as a/c taxied towards the k&l "alley" the flt. Crew heard a large "bang". And immediately received an unsafe gear indication. They stopped and had…

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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