# Incident 19950118004949I: Boeing 727251, Little Rock, AR, January 18, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1995, 20:51 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N204US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N204US-2007-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727251
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 79
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,464 total, 1,439 in this make and model, 208 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950118004949I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 18, 1995, AT APPROXIMATELY 2051 CST, A BOEING 727 AIRPLANE REGISTERED TO NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., LANDED AT LITTLE ROCK, ADAMS FIELD (LIT), LITTLE ROCK, AR. UPON LANDING ROLL AIRPLANE BEGAN TO SHUDDER AND VEERED LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTER-LINE AND STOPPED ON RUNWAY. A REQUEST WAS MADE, WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER, TO HAVE AIRPLANE INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE. A SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED NO DAMAGE TO AIRPLANE, BUT THE NOSE GEAR STEERING PIN WAS MISSING AND LATER FOUND 500 FT. BEHIND AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MEMPHIS INTL. AIRPORT, MEMPHIS, TN (MEMS) AND WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE SIX CREWMEMBERS, AND 73 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT RAMP AGENT(S) THAT INSTALLED PIN INCORRECTLY HAD BEEN GIVEN INTENSIVE RECURRENT TRAINING. THE SUPERVISOR OF RAMP OPERATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR MEMPHIS STATED THAT INTERNAL CORRECTIVE ACTION HAD BEEN TAKEN AND INTERNAL DISCIPLINE RECORDS WERE KEPT. THIS INVESTIGATION AND REPORT ARE CLOSED.

## Other reports on N204US (2)

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

- [Incident 19880619064099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880619064099I), Jun 19, 1988: Boeing 727251 (N204US), Chicago, IL. Flight attendant reported passenger smoked and removed detector from lavatory. Police met aircraft on landing.
- [Incident 19860905051339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860905051339I), Sep 5, 1986: Boeing 727251 (N204US), Maquoketa, IA. Pilot accepted clearance to descend for another aircraft. Loss of standard separation.

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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