19990506016019I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-21C · Minneapolis, MN · May 6, 1999

Date
May 6, 1999 · 22:20 local
Place
Minneapolis, MN
Airport
Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TC8A
Aircraft
N705A
Reported as
Boeing 72721C
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,850 total213 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Eng. #3 strut overheat occurred in climb, complied with ck list. Eng. #3 fire warning light came on, complied with ck list, shut down eng. #3 & fired extinguisher, eng. Fire light remained illuminated and fire bell sounded. Fired second bottle, fire light remained illuminated. Declared emergency and returned and landed msp without further incident. Maintenance found high pressure shut-off coupling off. Reinstalled coupling, performed eng. Run iaw B-727 MM-71-00-00. Ops ck normal at all parameters. When queried as to the reason for the coupling coming off, the director of operations mentioned that he was told by maintenance that the a/c had just came out of a maintenance check at stambaugh aviation (brunswick ga). S/o garcia, jorge w. cert. # 264971103

As the FAA filed it

ENG. #3 STRUT OVERHEAT OCCURRED IN CLIMB, COMPLIED WITH CK LIST. ENG. #3 FIRE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, COMPLIED WITH CK LIST, SHUT DOWN ENG. #3 & FIRED EXTINGUISHER, ENG. FIRE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND FIRE BELL SOUNDED. FIRED SECOND BOTTLE, FIRE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED AND LANDED MSP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND HIGH PRESSURE SHUT-OFF COUPLING OFF. REINSTALLED COUPLING, PERFORMED ENG. RUN IAW B-727 MM-71-00-00. OPS CK NORMAL AT ALL PARAMETERS. WHEN QUERIED AS TO THE REASON FOR THE COUPLING COMING OFF, THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS MENTIONED THAT HE WAS TOLD BY MAINTENANCE THAT THE A/C HAD JUST CAME OUT OF A MAINTENANCE CHECK AT STAMBAUGH AVIATION (BRUNSWICK GA). S/O GARCIA, JORGE W. CERT. # 264971103