# Incident 19931216049529I: Boeing 727225, New York, NY, December 16, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1993, 19:50 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: La Guardia
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TAOA
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N917TS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N917TS-2013-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- People aboard: 119
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931216049529I

## Narrative

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

LEADING EDGE FLAPS MALFUNCTIONED ON APPROACH. LANDED SAFELY. SECTION OF FLAP MISSING. PIECE FOUND IN COURTYARD.

## Other reports on N917TS (2)

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

- [Incident 19931010043539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931010043539I), Oct 10, 1993: Boeing 727225 (N917TS), Washington, DC. NR1 engine oil temperature rise. Engine shut down. Landed at destination. Fuel oil heater valve stuck open.
- [Incident 19900518026849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900518026849I), May 18, 1990: Boeing 727225 (N917TS), Baltimore, MD. Unsafe right gear light. Visually down. Landed without incident. Broken wire near proximity switch.

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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