# Incident 19990627039309I: Boeing 727227, St Petersburg-C, FL, June 27, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1999, 14:30 local time
- Place: St Petersburg-C, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMTA
- Location: 27.9102° N, 82.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9102&lon=-82.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N779AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N779AT-2018-03-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-227 (registry code 1384078, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-227) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 series (registry code 52049, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-17-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727227
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990627039309I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 27, 199, AT 0230 EST, A BOEING 727, N779AT OPERATED BY AMERICAN TRANS AIR LOST A BLOCK OFF PLATE DURING CLIMB OUT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND NO INJURIES OCCURED ON THE AIRCRAFT OR GROUND. THE FLIGHT ORIGNATED AT ST. PETERSBURG, FL, ON JUNE 27, 1999.  THE AIR CONDITION SYSTEM RAM AIR DOOR, MALFUNCTIONED.  MAINTENANCE INSTALLED A BLOCK OFF PANEL.  DURING CLIMB OUT, THE PANEL DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PANEL LANDED ON THE GROUND AT MR. WILLIAM SMITHS RESIDENCE AT 3000 56TH AVE. NORTH, ST. PETERSBURG, FL 33704.  THE PANEL WAS RETRIVED BY THE TAMPA FSDO AND SENT TO THE INDIANANOPOLIS FSDO LEONARD SWOPE, AT (314)487-2472, FOR HIS EVALUATION AND ACTION.

## Other reports on N779AT (1)

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

- [Incident 20001120022069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001120022069I), Nov 20, 2000: Boeing 727227 (N779AT), Boston, MA, Minor damage. (-23) American trans air flight 592, B727, at the gate at Boston, was struck by a construction vehicle (rubber tired front end bucket loader) at 0606 EST,…

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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