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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-232 · Missoula, MT · February 6, 1996

Date
February 6, 1996 · 00:00 local
Place
Missoula, MT
Airport
Missoula International Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Aircraft
N537DA
Reported as
Boeing 727232
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,243 total991 in this make and model194 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.

Narrative: on 02/06/96 delta flight 1082 from slc to mso was cleared to enter holding at kona NDB which is associated with the mso ILS approach to runway 11. The aircraft was cleared to descend to 9000 feet. When entering hold the GPWS gave a terrain warning, at which time the crew made a climb to 12,000 feet. It appears the crew did not compensate for a strong cross wind at 9000' and the aircraft drifted out of the holding pattern protected airspace. A contributing cause was a last minute holding clearance given just as the aircraft reached the mso VOR. This did not allow the crew time to preplan the holding pattern entry.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON 02/06/96 DELTA FLIGHT 1082 FROM SLC TO MSO WAS CLEARED TO ENTER HOLDING AT KONA NDB WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MSO ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 11. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO DESCEND TO 9000 FEET. WHEN ENTERING HOLD THE GPWS GAVE A TERRAIN WARNING, AT WHICH TIME THE CREW MADE A CLIMB TO 12,000 FEET. IT APPEARS THE CREW DID NOT COMPENSATE FOR A STRONG CROSS WIND AT 9000' AND THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OUT OF THE HOLDING PATTERN PROTECTED AIRSPACE. A CONTRIBUTING CAUSE WAS A LAST MINUTE HOLDING CLEARANCE GIVEN JUST AS THE AIRCRAFT REACHED THE MSO VOR. THIS DID NOT ALLOW THE CREW TIME TO PREPLAN THE HOLDING PATTERN ENTRY.