# Incident 19900409014359I: Boeing 727180C, Des Moines, IA, April 9, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1990, 20:53 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: IPXA
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N921UP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N921UP-2006-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-180C (registry code 138406G, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-180c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce TAY-651-54 (registry code 54564, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-tay-651-54) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727180C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900409014359I

## Narrative

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

GEAR INDICATION LIGHT INOPERATIVE. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND 2 DOWNLOCK TARGET WIRES BROKEN.

## Other reports on N921UP (1)

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

- [Incident 19841211070699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841211070699I), Dec 11, 1984: Boeing 727180C (N921UP), Chicago, IL. Aileron control difficulty after descent from cruise temperature. Suspect moisture in aileron control network.

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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