# Incident 19970707020929I: Boeing 727232, Kansas City, MO, July 7, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1997, 20:55 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N401DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N401DA-2013-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727232
- People aboard: 149
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970707020929I

## Narrative

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

LOST A SYSTEM HYD FLUID. LANDED. HAD LOST NOSE STEERING. TOWED IN. OUTBOARD FLAP POWER MOTOR LEAKED FLUID.

## Other reports on N401DA (4)

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

- [Incident 19950906033919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950906033919I), Sep 6, 1995: Boeing 727232 (N401DA), Los Angeles, CA, Minor damage. Struck a cargo loader taxiing to gate. Ramp crew guiding parking. Damaged wing and flap. Crew disiplined.
- [Incident 19950315008769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950315008769I), Mar 15, 1995: Boeing 727200 (N401DA), Bozeman, MT. Narrative: delta flight 1144, a B-727, departing Bozeman, MT, lost the hydraulic fluid from the (a) hydraulic system. A small piece of metal was broken out of…
- [Accident 19921127055899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921127055899A), Nov 27, 1992: Boeing 727232 (N401DA), Chicago, IL. PIC shut down NR1 engine powering lights prior APU. Passengers saw exhaust flame on APU start. Panicked. Evacuated.
- [Incident 19860403018579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860403018579I), Apr 3, 1986: Boeing 727232 (N401DA), Memphis, TN. Fluctuating engine indication on engines at cruise. Small amounts of water found in traps and sumps.

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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