# Incident 19890417032249I: Boeing 727291, Topeka, KS, April 17, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1989, 10:17 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: BNFA
- Location: 39.0483° N, 95.6780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Topeka, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0483&lon=-95.6780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N406BN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N406BN-2018-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-291 (registry code 138408X, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-291) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727291
- People aboard: 55
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 10,500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890417032249I

## Narrative

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

OVERSHOT ASSIGNED ALTITUDE DUE TO INOPERATIVE ALTIMETER AND ALTITUDE ALERT.

## Other reports on N406BN (1)

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

- [Incident 19791121045119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791121045119I), Nov 21, 1979: Boeing 727 (N406BN), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft right main gear sank in mud off edge of runway during taxi. Aircraft ran over tug during retrieval work.

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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