# Incident 19961218045099I: Boeing 727214, Indianapolis, IN, December 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1996, 17:07 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- 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: N785AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N785AT-2011-01-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-214 (registry code 138407R, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-214) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727214
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961218045099I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 18, 1996, AT 1707 EDT, A BOEING B727-214, N785AT REGISTERED TO COMERICA LEASING CORPORATION, AND OPERATED BY AMERICAN TRANS AIR, INC., DEPARTED FROM CHICAGO MIDWAY AIRPORT, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (MDW) TO SARASOTA AIRPORT, SARASOTA, FLORIDA (SRQ). DURING CLIMB OUT, THE AIRCRAFT CABIN PRESSURIZATION COULD NOT BE HELD WITH SINGLE PACK OPERATION. THE PILOT DIVERTED TO INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA (IND) AND LANDED WITH OUT FURTHER INCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REMOVED AND REPLACED THE HEAT EXCHANGER, THE FLOW MULTIPLIER AND SHUT-OFF VALVE, AND THE WATER SEPARATOR BAGS. A CABIN DECAY TEST WAS PERFORMED AND THE APU/ECS CONDITIONING MONITORING WAS COMPLIED WITH PER THE MAINTENANCE MANUAL AND NO LEAKS WERE NOTED DURING THE TEST. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N785AT (1)

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

- [Incident 19971109042569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971109042569I), Nov 9, 1997: Boeing 727214 (N785AT), Indianapolis, IN. Narrative: enroute from las shut down the #3 engine and then landed at ind without incident at 1051Z. Emergency equipment was standing by. Engine shutdown due…

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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