# Incident 20000316022939I: Boeing 727243, Fort Wayne, IN, March 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2000, 06:28 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GAIA
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N579PE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N579PE-2015-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-243 (registry code 138408D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-243) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727243
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000316022939I

## Narrative

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

(-23)KHA 1844, B-727 (CARGO FLIGHT), DEPARTED FWA FOR ORF. DURING CLIMB OUT FLIGHT CREW SHUT DOWN NUMBER 2 ENGINE DUE TO FIRE WARNING ON #2 ENGINE.  AIRCRAFT RETURNED BACK FWA.  KITTY HAWK MAINTENANCE CREW INSPECTED #2 ENGINE AND FOUND BLEED AIR LEAK AT 13TH STAGE DUCT.  REFERENCE KITTY HAWK AIRCARGO, INC.  AIRCRAFT FLIGHT LOG, PAGE NUMBER 1350-49.  COPY OF KITTY HAWK AIRCARGO, INC.  AIRCRAFT FLIGHT LOG ON FILE SBN FSDO.

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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