45.8078° N, 108.5435° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
July 7, 1988 · 09:28 local
Place
Billings, MT
Airport
Billings Logan International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
N203US
Reported as
Boeing 727251
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total10,000 in this make and model140 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Nose gear unsafe light on after gear up. Extended when put in neutral and locked down with handle down. Returned.
As the FAA filed it
NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ON AFTER GEAR UP. EXTENDED WHEN PUT IN NEUTRAL AND LOCKED DOWN WITH HANDLE DOWN. RETURNED.