# Incident 19880215011909I: Boeing 727251, Billings, MT, February 15, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1988, 21:19 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N280US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N280US-2000-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727251
- People aboard: 53
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880215011909I

## Narrative

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

HAD A FALSE LANDING GEAR POSITION INDICATION. RETURNED. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED LEFT MAIN DOWNLOCK SENSOR

## Other reports on N280US (3)

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

- [Incident 19970323015599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970323015599I), Mar 23, 1997: Boeing 727251 (N280US), Chicago, IL. Narrative: FAA contacted due to turn back & emergency. Declared airworthiness involved due to possible malfunction. [privacy data omitted] A/c departed o'Hare…
- [Incident 19910214004709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910214004709I), Feb 14, 1991: Boeing 727251 (N280US), Memphis, TN. Fumes in aircraft when lights turned on. Emergency landing. Ballast for lights was cause of fumes.
- [Incident 19900104006849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900104006849I), Jan 4, 1990: Boeing 727251 (N280US), Tampa, FL, Minor damage. NR3 engine separated in flight. Landed safely. Recovered engine. Found ingested material from lavatory tank.

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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