# Incident 19891122059839I: Boeing 72725, Portland, ME, November 22, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 1989, 08:30 local time
- Place: Portland, ME
- Airport: Portland International Jetport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 43.6456° N, 70.3086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL JETPORT (PWM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6456&lon=-70.3086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N506FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N506FE-2002-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-25 (registry code 1384006, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72725
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891122059839I

## Narrative

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

FLAPS MALFUNCTIONED ON APPROACH. MADE A GO AROUND. LANDED SAFELY. REPLACED FLAP POSITION INDICATOR.

## Other reports on N506FE (1)

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

- [Incident 19980623038199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980623038199I), Jun 23, 1998: Boeing 72725 (N506FE), Indianapolis, IN. (-5) Fire bell sounded during taxi, no associated lites. Shut down #1 engine after fire dept. Noted smoke from left engine. 5 min. Later fire bell sounded with…

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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