# Incident 19951105045609I: Boeing 727264, Indianapolis, IN, November 5, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 1995, 11:27 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMTA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N765AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N765AT-2010-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-264 (registry code 138408M, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-264) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 series (registry code 52049, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-17-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727264
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D17
- People aboard: 65
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,700 total, 4,200 in this make and model, 136 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951105045609I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON NOVEMBER 5, 1995, AT 1127 EDT, A BOEING 727, N765AT REGISTERED TO FIRST SECURITY BANK UTAH AND OPERATED BY AMERICAN TRANS AIR (AMTA), UNDER FAR PART 121, DEPARTED FROM INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA ENROUTE TO SARASOTA, FLORIDA. DURING CLIMB OUT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A STABILIZER TRIM PROBLEM. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND LANDED INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (IND) WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUSTAINED. EXAMINATION ON THE GROUND REVEALED A DEFECTIVE JACKSCREW GEARBOX. THE JACKSCREW GEARBOX WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE STABILIZER TRIM ACTUATOR SERVO AND MAIN ELECTRIC STABILIZER TRIM ACTUATOR WERE ALSO REPLACED. AIRCRAFT WAS TEST FLOWN AND FOUND SATISFACTORY TO RETURN TO REVENUE FLIGHT. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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