# Incident 19970622024089I: Boeing 727247, Roanoke, VA, June 22, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1997, 08:01 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2820W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2820W-2010-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-247 (registry code 138408F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727247
- People aboard: 123
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,865 total, 174 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970622024089I

## Narrative

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

FIRE LIGHT NR1 ENGINE. DIVERTED. NO FIRE. EIGHTH STAGE BLEED VALVE CLAMP LEAKING. FIRE DETECTION UNIT REPLACED.

## Other reports on N2820W (1)

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

- [Incident 19800420044119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800420044119I), Apr 20, 1980: Boeing 727 (N2820W), San Francisco, CA. Aircraft taking off had near miss with aircraft taxiing across runway.

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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