# Incident 20000321002159I: Boeing 727260, Pittsburgh, PA, March 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2000, 08:25 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: S84A
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N901PG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N901PG-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-260 (registry code 138408K, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727260
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,600 total, 880 in this make and model, 237 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000321002159I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PRIVACY DATA OMMITED. INCIDENT NO:  IEA0300076.  ON MARCH 21, 2000, AT 0825E, A BOEING 727, S/N 21978, OPERATING AS (S84A) SKY TREK INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES, INC., (DISCOVERY), FLIGHT 7901, DIVERTED AND LANDED AT PITTSBURGH, PA (PIT) WHEN NO 2 ENGINE FUEL HEATER STAYED ON, AND THE FUEL TEMPERATURE WENT HIGH.  THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT PIT, RUNWAY 28R, AND THEN TAXIED TO THE GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE NO. 2 ENGINE WAS PLACED ON D.D.P.G.,THE FUEL HEAT VALVE WS MANUALLY OPENED, AND THE PLUG DISCONNECTED PER MEL 73-2 AND D.D.P.G. 73-2.  THE CREW RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.  CONDUCTED BY DESK AUDIT AND CLOSED.

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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