# Incident 19881004062799I: Boeing 72722C, San Antonio, TX, October 4, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1988, 08:30 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TAGA
- Location: 29.5340° N, 98.4691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANTONIO INTL (SAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5340&lon=-98.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N426EX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N426EX-2007-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-22C (registry code 138400F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-22c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72722C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 130 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881004062799I

## Narrative

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

NO GEAR SAFE LIGHT. TOWER FLY-BY INFORMED GEAR APPEARED DOWN. LANDED SAFELY. NOSE GEAR LOCK SWITCH FAULTY.

## Other reports on N426EX (2)

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

- [Incident 19900123014609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900123014609I), Jan 23, 1990: Boeing 72722C (N426EX), Grand Rapids, MI, Minor damage. Veered off and back onto runway on rollout. Hit lights and signs.
- [Incident 19870109004819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870109004819I), Jan 9, 1987: Boeing 72722C (N426EX), Houston, TX, Minor damage. As aircraft was being marshalled into a parking spot the wingtip struck a van.

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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