# Incident 20000319032529I: Boeing 727232, New York, NY, March 19, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2000, 08:50 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: La Guardia
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N495DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N495DA-2001-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727232
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,570 total, 1,349 in this make and model, 154 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000319032529I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 3/19/00, A BOEING 727-732, N495DA, WAS NOT ABLE TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR AND RETURNED TO LGA. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND CAME TO REST.  THE CREW THEN REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN EVACUTED BY USING THE EMERGENCY SIDE CHUTES.  ALL 145 PASSENGERS AND CREW MEMBERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, BUT 4 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND WERE RELEASED ON THEIR OWN COGNIZANCE.  DURING THE INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT HTE LEFT MAIN LANGING GEAR ACTUATOR SENSOR ARM HAD DISCONNECTED DUE TO A MISSING BOLT.  THE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY DETERMINES IF THE AIRCRAFT IS ONT HE GROUND OR FLIGHT MODE.  THE AIRCRAFT IN THIE CASE WAS STILL IN THE FLIGHT MODE, AND THE AIR CONDITION PACKS TO RUN WITHOUT HAVING FANS TURNED ON WHICH CAUSED THE SYSTEM TO OVER HEAT AND SMOKE.  NO ADDITIONAL FINDINGS WERE NOTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN RELEASED BACK TO SERVICE AFTER BEING INSPECTED AND REPAIRED.

## Other reports on N495DA (2)

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

- [Incident 19960225005249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960225005249I), Feb 25, 1996: Boeing 727232 (N495DA), Rochester, NY. Narrative: on 2/25/96 at 1942, a Boeing 727, N495DA, flight 500 during descent to Rochester airport, experienced loss of #2 engine. Aircraft landed without any…
- [Incident 19811126083899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811126083899I), Nov 26, 1981: Boeing 727200 (N495DA), Augusta, GA, Substantial damage. Copilot got below glide slope and touched down 300 feet short. Pilot aborted and wing hit approach lights.

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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