# Incident 19981203039529I: Boeing 727200, Kansas City, MO, December 3, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1998, 17:05 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: N2815W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2815W-2012-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-247 (registry code 138408F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-247) (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 727200
- People aboard: 136
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981203039529I

## Narrative

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

(-5) DELTA AIRLINES B-727-200 AFTER TAKEOFF FROM MCI, RETRACTED FLAPS, THE LEFT HAND OUTBOAARD FLAP NEEDLE SHOWED 15 DEGREES, WHILE FLAP POSITION WAS 5 DEGREES. FOLLOWED POM PROCEDURE AND RETURNED TO MCI. DELTA AIRLINES MAINTENANCE REMOVED & REPLACED THE LEFT HAND OUTBOARD FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER & RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT, CE99AC0007 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N2815W (3)

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

- [Incident 19961017044789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961017044789I), Oct 17, 1996: Boeing 727247 (N2815W), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: weather VMC for this 121 CFR passenger flight 682 from Houston intercontinenetal airport. Aircraft began takeoff roll and crew reported a loud pop…
- [Incident 19800930071969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800930071969I), Sep 30, 1980: Boeing 727247 (N2815W), Salt Lake City, UT. Pressurization problem during flight due to failure of clamp and seal.
- [Incident 19790911035169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790911035169I), Sep 11, 1979: Boeing 727 (N2815W), San Francisco, CA, Minor damage. Pilot returned to airportwhen outboard trailing edgeflaps would not retract. Carriages P/N652654511 badly bent.

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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