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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-222 · Atlanta, GA · March 31, 1991

Date
March 31, 1991 · 12:50 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
The William B Hartsfield Atla
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Aircraft
N7278U
Reported as
Boeing 727222
People aboard
7
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.

Door ajar en route. Diverted to Atlanta. Bottom latch on external power connector access door was unlatched.

As the FAA filed it

DOOR AJAR EN ROUTE. DIVERTED TO ATLANTA. BOTTOM LATCH ON EXTERNAL POWER CONNECTOR ACCESS DOOR WAS UNLATCHED.