# Incident 19881208064309I: Boeing 727290, Fairbanks, AK, December 8, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1988, 11:32 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASAA
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N291AS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727290
- People aboard: 68
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881208064309I

## Narrative

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

OUTBOARD FLAP ASYMMETRY WARNING AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED. FOUND FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER CABLE BROKEN.

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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