# Incident 19870221018449I: Boeing 727232, Detroit, MI, February 21, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 1987, 15:55 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3314&lon=-83.0458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N404DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N404DA-2001-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727232
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870221018449I

## Narrative

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

UNSCHEDULED LANDING DUE TO FAULTY FUEL CROSSFEED VALVE.

## Other reports on N404DA (3)

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

- [Incident 19971218043299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971218043299I), Dec 18, 1997: Boeing 727232 (N404DA), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Narrative: after completing an uneventful flight from chicago, IL (ord), delta flight 1631 (dl 1631) was cleared by delta ramp control to gate C4 at Salt Lake…
- [Incident 19921127051519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921127051519I), Nov 27, 1992: Boeing 727277 (N404DA), Covington - Cin, OH. Heard loud explosion from nose wheel area. Continued to destination. Landed safely. Unable to find cause of noise.
- [Incident 19920315012349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920315012349I), Mar 15, 1992: Boeing 727200 (N404DA), Covington - Cin, OH. Left gear door remained open when gear retracted. Lowered gear. Diverted and landed. Gear sequence valve faulty.

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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