# Incident 19990116015839I: Boeing 72751C, Minneapolis, MN, January 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1999, 01:35 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RYNA
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N417EX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N417EX-2007-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-51C (registry code 1384015, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-51c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72751C
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D7
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990116015839I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON 01/16/99 AT 0135 CENTRAL TIME AT THE MSP AIRPORT, RYAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES FLT 710 AFTER TAKEOFF AND REACHING FLT LEVEL 330, THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGEMCY AND REQUESTED VECTORS TO MSP AIRPORT AFTER HE OBSERVED A START VALVE LIGHT INDICATION FOR TH #3 ENGINE. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE #3 ENGINE AND RETURNED TO MSP AIRPORT.  MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THAT THE START VALVE INDICATING SWITCH HAD FAILED.  THE START VALVE INDICATING SWITCH WAS REPLACED.  THE START VALVE WAS OPERATIONALLY CHECKED AND FOUND NORMAL.

## Other reports on N417EX (3)

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

- [Incident 19931216049619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931216049619I), Dec 16, 1993: Boeing 72751C (N417EX), Baltimore, MD, Minor damage. Aircraft hit a container loading equipment on push back from gate. Wing walker watching plane instead of environment
- [Incident 19870224010329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870224010329I), Feb 24, 1987: Boeing 72751C (N417EX), Dayton, OH. Fire warning during 2 engine ferry climbout. Retrned and found bleed air duct blown.
- [Incident 19861112069439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861112069439I), Nov 12, 1986: Boeing 72751C (N417EX), San Antonio, TX. Unsafe right main gear indication for landing. Safe landing made. Cannon plug on gear switch had corrosion on it.

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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