# Accident 19880403009869A: Boeing 727224, Sarasota - Brad, FL, April 3, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1988, 13:00 local time
- Place: Sarasota - Brad, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Bradenton
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 27.3954° N, 82.5544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTL (SRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3954&lon=-82.5544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88703, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88703-2013-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-224 (registry code 1384076, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727224
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- People aboard: 144
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,077 total, 2,448 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA88FA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880403009869A

## Narrative

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

GROUND REFUELER BECAME CAUGHT IN SLAT AS PLANE POWERED UP.CAPTAIN WAS TOLD ALL CLEAR BUT DID NOT USE PROPER ACTIONS

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA88FA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA138), Apr 3, 1988: Boeing 727-224 (N88703), Sarasota, FL, no damage

## Other reports on N88703 (2)

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

- [Incident 19880922060339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880922060339I), Sep 22, 1988: Boeing 727224 (N88703), Las Vegas, NV. A system hydraulic quantity flow problem. Landed. Thumb tack between lines had made a hole in a return line.
- [Incident 19800415051059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800415051059I), Apr 15, 1980: Boeing 727224 (N88703), Albuquerque, NM. Captain reported being struck by a laser type light. Unable to locate source.

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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