# Incident 20000216022419I: Boeing 727251, Wichita, KS, February 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2000, 07:55 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GAIA
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N264US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N264US-2008-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727251
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,700 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000216022419I

## Narrative

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

(-23)FLIGTH ENGINEER FAILED TO SHUT DOWN APU PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. ATOR NEAR TOP-OF-CLIMB APU FIRE WARNING WENT OFF.  CREW SHUT DOWN APU, LOWERED LANDING GEAR, BUT WAS FORCED TO DISCHARGE APU FIRE EXTINGUISHER WHEN THE APU FIRE ANNUMCIATOR LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH.  PRECAUTIONARY DIVERSION TO WICHITA (ICT).  CREW EXCEEDED AIRCRAFT LIMITATIONS WHEN THEY FAILED TO SHUT DOWN APU PRIOR TO AIRBORNE OPERATIONS.

## Other reports on N264US (3)

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

- [Incident 19911228061019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911228061019I), Dec 28, 1991: Boeing 727251 (N264US), Memphis, TN, Minor damage. Aft galley oven fire. Used halon bottle. Emergency landing. Oven temperature sensors were inoperative.
- [Incident 19871023071429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871023071429I), Oct 23, 1987: Boeing 727251 (N264US), Memphis, TN. Engine shutdown after fire warning light came on. Returned. Fire detection loop replaced.
- [Incident 19841204067069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841204067069I), Dec 4, 1984: Boeing 727251 (N264US), Atlanta, GA. Smoke from oven in galley. Circuit breaker tripped, power to galley turned off. Off schedule landing.

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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