# Incident 19900912047589I: Boeing 727225, Baltimore, MD, September 12, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1990, 13:20 local time
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Airport: Baltimore-Washington International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 39.2904° N, 76.6122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baltimore, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2904&lon=-76.6122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8892Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8892Z-2004-08-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- People aboard: 56
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,800 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900912047589I

## Narrative

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

INBOARD FLAPS STUCK AT 2 DEGREES DOWN. RETURNED. FLAP CONTROL INDICATOR DEFECTIVE.

## Other reports on N8892Z (2)

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

- [Incident 19990623021889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990623021889I), Jun 23, 1999: Boeing 727225 (N8892Z), Kansas City, MO. (-5)Geographic inspectors investigated an incident involving charter america operated by custom air transport, who have a wet lease agreement with emery.…
- [Incident 19870711046889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870711046889I), Jul 11, 1987: Boeing 727225 (N8892Z), Washington, DC. Encountered wind shear on approach, all engines exceeded max epr. Diverted to a safe landing. Engines changed.

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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