# Incident 19920607024209I: Boeing 72731, Las Vegas, NV, June 7, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1992, 17:30 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EISA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N240NE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N240NE-2007-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-31 (registry code 1384010, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72731
- People aboard: 132
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920607024209I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR DOOR DID NOT CLOSE AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED. NOSE STEERING INOPERATIVE. TORQUE LINK SAFETY PIN MISSING.

## Other reports on N240NE (1)

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

- [Incident 19980422012889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980422012889I), Apr 22, 1998: Boeing 727100 (N240NE), Middletown, PA. Narrative: aircraft enroute to philadelphia, PA diverted and landed on runway 13 due to a smoke indication in the cargo bay. The aircraft fire fighters…

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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