# Incident 19900430065789I: Boeing 727223, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, April 30, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1990, 13:19 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N893AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N893AA-2017-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-223 (registry code 1384074, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727223
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900430065789I

## Narrative

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

TRAILING EDGE SECTION OF STARBOARD INBOARD TRAILING EDGE FLAP SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT WHILE TAXIING TO GATE.

## Other reports on N893AA (2)

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

- [Accident 19871226074842A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871226074842A), Dec 26, 1987: Boeing 727223 (N893AA), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Minor damage. Right wing was struck by a company 707,N705AA, left wing while holding on a taxiway. Other 727 was trying to pass.
- [Incident 19820113000649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820113000649I), Jan 13, 1982: Boeing 727223 (N893AA), Port Au Prince, HA, 1 fatal. Stowaway fell out of wheel well when crew cycled landing gear after takeoff.

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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