# Incident 19960206006809I: Boeing 727232, Missoula, MT, February 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1996, 00:00 local time
- Place: Missoula, MT
- Airport: Missoula International Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 46.8721° N, 113.9940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Missoula, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8721&lon=-113.9940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N537DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N537DA-2013-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727232
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,243 total, 991 in this make and model, 194 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960206006809I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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