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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-295 · Charlotte, NC · April 25, 1990

Date
April 25, 1990 · 15:05 local
Place
Charlotte, NC
Airport
Charlotte-Douglas International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N702US
Reported as
Boeing 727295
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Noise and nose gear door light on. Returned. Cable for doors was broken.

As the FAA filed it

NOISE AND NOSE GEAR DOOR LIGHT ON. RETURNED. CABLE FOR DOORS WAS BROKEN.