# Incident 20000412023249I: Boeing 7272B7, Indianapolis, IN, April 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2000
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMTA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N760AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N760AT-2017-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-2B7 (registry code 138407L, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-2b7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 series (registry code 52049, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-17-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7272B7
- People aboard: 138
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000412023249I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AMERICAN TRANS AIR FLIGHT TZ425 DEPARTED INDIANAPOLIS ENROUTE TO ST. PETERSBURG AND RETURNED TO INDIANAPOLIS SHORTLY AFTER TAKOE-OFF AFTER THE FLIGTH CREW SHUT DOWN THE #3 ENGINE AS A PRECAUTION DUE TO A START VALVE OPEN ILUMINATING AND SHORTLY THERE AFTER THE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILUMINATING. THE BLEED AIR WAS ISOLATED AND THE LIGTHS WENT OUT.  THE AIRCRAFT DUMPED FUEL APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS AT 400 FT.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT THE INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 23L WITHOUT INCIDENT.  EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS CALLED AND WAS STANDING BY AT THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N760AT (3)

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

- [Incident 19980331011149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980331011149I), Mar 31, 1998: Boeing 7272B7 (N760AT), Indianapolis, IN. Narrative: on March 31, 1998, at 2044 EDT, a Boeing B727-2B7, N760AT registered to first security bank of Utah, and operated by American trans air, inc.,…
- [Incident 19970103009609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970103009609I), Jan 3, 1997: Boeing 7272B7 (N760AT), Indianapolis, IN. Narrative: on January 3, 1997, at 1337 EDT, a Boeing B727-2B7, N760AT registered to first security bank of Utah, and operated by American trans air, inc.,…
- [Incident 19960206006949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960206006949I), Feb 6, 1996: Boeing 7272B7 (N760AT), Indianapolis, IN. Narrative: mis. Mrr with engines 1 & 2 running and during start of #3 aircraft lost electrical power. APU indications were high EGT and decaying RPM crew…

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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