# Incident 19970312006489I: Boeing 727200, Middletown, PA, March 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1997, 15:20 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N109KM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727200
- People aboard: 127
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970312006489I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO MDT DUE TO PASSENGER WITH SUSPECTED CARDIAC ARREST. FUEL WAS DUMPED IN FLIGHT TO REACH MAX LANDING WEIGHT AND COULD NOT SHUT OFF LEFT WING FUEL JETTISON NOZZLE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND RESCUE CALLED OUT. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED IN UNDER ITS OWN POWER.

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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