# Incident 19980213003749I: Boeing 727225, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, February 13, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1998, 15:35 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C1HA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N352PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N352PA-2013-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (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 727225
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 4,200 in this make and model, 179 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980213003749I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: FILE NO. ISW0798007 B-727 FLAP TRACK FAIRING RETRIEVED FROM STATE HIGHWAY 360 CHAMPION AIR (CIHA) N352PA, B727-251, FLT 718, PVR-DFW. ON FEBRUARY 11, 1998, A PERSON CONTACTED THE SOUTHWEST REGION COMMUNICATION CENTER AND STATED THAT HE HAD RETRIEVED AN OBJECT THAT HAD FALLEN FROM THE SKY BELIEVED TO BE AN AIRCRAFT PART. THIS PART WAS THEN RETRIEVED BY AN INSPECTOR ON TELEPHONE AVAILABILITY DUTY FROM THE DAL FSDO (INSPECTORS STATEMENT ATTACHED). THE INSPECTOR CONTACTED THE DFW CMU WHICH MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO PICK UP THE AIRCRAFT PART. THE DFW CMU IDENTIFIED THE PART AS A B-727 FLAP TRACK FAIRING BUT DID NOT FIND ANY REPORTED FAIRING MISSING FROM THE AALA B-727 FLEET. THE FAIRING WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE GEOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE UNIT AT 1430 HRS FEBRUARY 12, 1998. AT APPROXIMATELY 1625 THE FLAP TRACK FAIRING WAS TRACKED TO CHAMPION AIR. INVESTIGATION OF THIS INCIDENT REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT MAY HAVE OPERATED ON SEVERAL REVENUE FLIGHTS WITHOUT CORRECTIVE ACTION. FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THIS OPERATION IS PENDING. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N352PA (2)

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

- [Incident 19940806030979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940806030979I), Aug 6, 1994: Boeing 727225 (N352PA), Nashville, TN, 1 fatal. Captain went limp. SIC diverted to Nashville. Ptc pronounced dead at hospital. Diagmosed as a heart attack victim.
- [Incident 19930201003469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930201003469I), Feb 1, 1993: Boeing 727225 (N352PA), Houston, TX. On APU startup taxiing to gate smoke and flames over right wing. APU shutdown. Passengers evacuated on taxiway.

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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