# Incident 19990506016019I: Boeing 72721C, Minneapolis, MN, May 6, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1999, 22:20 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TC8A
- 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: N705A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N705A-2004-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-21C (registry code 138400M, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-21c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72721C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,850 total, 213 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990506016019I

## Narrative

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

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

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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