32.8198° N, 97.3624° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (FTW), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
October 16, 1991 · 09:00 local
Place
Fort Worth, TX
Airport
Fort Worth Meacham Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3946A
Reported as
Boeing 727191
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,700 total1,110 in this make and model62 in the last 90 days
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.
Unable to get nose down safe light. Appeared down. Landed without incident. Downlock switch defective.
As the FAA filed it
UNABLE TO GET NOSE DOWN SAFE LIGHT. APPEARED DOWN. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DOWNLOCK SWITCH DEFECTIVE.