# Incident 19990824027579I: Boeing 72744C, Denver, CO, August 24, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1999, 22:37 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Denver International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C7WA
- Location: 39.8617° N, 104.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENVER INTL (DEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8617&lon=-104.6732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2688Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2688Z-2018-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-44C (registry code 138404J, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-44c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72744C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,228 total, 228 in this make and model, 206 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990824027579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CUSTOM AIR TRANSPORT FLIGHT 657, BILLINGS TO DENVER, REPORTED A LOSS OF EGT ON NUMBER 3 ENGINE. SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES WERE COMPLETED AND AIRCRAFT LANDED AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITHOUT ANY IRREGULARITIES.  INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE NUMBER 3 ENGINE HAD INGESTED A PLEXIGLASS WINDOW FROM THE AFT FUSELAGE JUST AFT OF THE EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR, RIGHT SIDE.  THIS BEING A CARGO AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES WERE NOTED.  MINOR DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE.  NUMBER 3 ENGINE'S OUTER PANELS WERE DAMAGED AND INTAKE TO ENGINE WAS DAMAGED.  MAINTENANCE CREW REPLACED ENGINE AND QEC PANELS.  AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER NUMBER 4 ENGINE CHANGE.  FUSELAGE WINDOW PANEL BLOCKED OFF PER CUSTOM AIR TRANSPORT MEL.

## Other reports on N2688Z (2)

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

- [Incident 19990813031579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990813031579I), Aug 13, 1999: Boeing 72744C (N2688Z), Denver, CO, Minor damage. (-23) On July 28, 1999 a B-727-44C, N2688Z, operated by custom air transport at FL 290 #3 engine compressor stalled and power was reduced to stop the stall.…
- [Incident 19990729041569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990729041569I), Jul 29, 1999: Boeing 72744C (N2688Z), Covington/Cinci, KY. (-23) Engine #1 was shutdown prior to landing precautionary due to loss of control. Fuel control and fuel pump were replaced per mm 73-21-2 and 73-11-1 leak…

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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