# Incident 19890402028359I: Boeing 72735, Middletown, PA, April 2, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1989, 13:14 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1957, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1957-1994-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-35 (registry code 1384012, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72735
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890402028359I

## Narrative

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

FORWARD CARGO DOOR OPENED AFTER LANDING. WARNING SYSTEM INOPERATIVE. VERIFIED CLOSED. REPLACED HANDLE SPRING

## Other reports on N1957 (1)

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

- [Incident 19810615044999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810615044999I), Jun 15, 1981: Boeing 72735 (N1957), Chicago, IL. Aborted takeoff due to warning horn. Recycled flaps horn stopped.

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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