# Incident 19890320017969I: Boeing 727227, Houston, TX, March 20, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1989, 11:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby Airport
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N729AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N729AA-2017-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-227 (registry code 1384078, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-227) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727227
- People aboard: 116
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890320017969I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT GEAR DEPARTED TAXIWAY WHILE TURNING ONTO RUNWAY. SANK INTO GROUND. SHUT ENGINE DOWN AND DEPLANED PASSENGERS.

## Other reports on N729AA (6)

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

- [Incident 20000523023219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000523023219I), May 23, 2000: Boeing 727227 (N729AA), Nashville, TN, Minor damage. (-23)Baggage cart hit the aircraft, causing damage to the skin. Aircraft pulled out of service and repair team from aala arrived to accomplish permanent repair.
- [Incident 20000428017639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000428017639I), Apr 28, 2000: Boeing 727227 (N729AA), Kansas City, MO, Minor damage. (-23)On 4-28-00 at approxiamtely 1950, American airlines flight 1317 ingested a bird upon rotation for take-off. The bird was identified as a blue goose. It…
- [Incident 19850613049919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850613049919I), Jun 13, 1985: Boeing 727227 (N729AA), Palm Beach, FL. Flight attendant injured when service cart started to tip over during descent. Strained muscle.
- [Incident 19840514053659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840514053659I), May 14, 1984: Boeing 727227 (N729AA), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Struck a parked aircraft on powerback from gate. Wing marshaller unable to alert powerback marshaller to stop.
- [Incident 19820826046039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820826046039I), Aug 26, 1982: Boeing 727227 (N729AA), Dallas, TX. At normal cruise experienced fluctuating fuel flow and epr. Changed fuel control.
- [Incident 19810526033149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810526033149I), May 26, 1981: Boeing 727227 (N729AA), St Louis, MO. After departure lost system a hydraulic fluid. Returned and landed. Found split flap control valve.

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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