# Incident 19971204039999I: Boeing 727247, Rochester, NY, December 4, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1997, 19:54 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N297WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N297WA-2003-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-247 (registry code 138408F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727247
- People aboard: 106
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971204039999I

## Narrative

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

"A" SYSTEM HYDRAULICS FLUID LOSS DUE TO NUMBER 3 LEFT SLAT ACTVATOR FRACTURED.

## Other reports on N297WA (2)

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

- [Incident 19970930038719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970930038719I), Sep 30, 1997: Boeing 727247 (N297WA), Los Angeles, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on September 30, 1997, at approximately 2205 PST, delta air lines, inc., owner and operator of a Boeing 727(N297WA) aircraft was parked at the Los…
- [Incident 19920909039529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920909039529I), Sep 9, 1992: Boeing 727247 (N297WA), Covington - Cin, OH. On descent NR3 engine did not respond to throttle. Shut down and landed. Removed for overtemp inspection.

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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