# Incident 20000420020109I: Boeing 72721, Omaha, NE, April 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2000, 19:48 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RYNA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N357QS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N357QS-2004-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-21 (registry code 1384003, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72721
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000420020109I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 20, 2000, APPROXIMATELY 1738 CDT, BOEING 727-21, N357QS, DEPARTED OMAHA EPPLY AIRFIELD, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, UNDER RYAN INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT 694. ON CLIMB OUT, AS THE "FLAPS 2" POSITION WAS SELECTED, THE FLIGHT CREW EXPERIENCED A SPILT FLAP CONDITION AND THE COCKPIT STARTED TO FILL WITH SMOKE.  THE PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY AT EPPLY AIRFIELD.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED INITIALLY; HOWEVER, THE PIC WAS LATER TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION.  SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED A FAILURE OF THE #3 ENGINE PRE-COOLER MIDULATING VALVE, P/N 392704-3-2, WHICH INDUCED AN OVERHEAT CONDITION IN THE AIR CONDITIONING DUCT.  FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION FURTHER ESTABLISHED THE SPILT FLAP CONDITION WAS CREATED BY THE FAILURE OF THE LH #3 FLAP ACUATOR, P/N 141110.

## Other reports on N357QS (2)

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

- [Incident 19950922033529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950922033529I), Sep 22, 1995: Boeing 72721 (N357QS), Dayton, OH, Minor damage. After parking found NR1 slat failed retract. Found wing tip damaged. Wing tip hit runway landing.
- [Incident 19840606029249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840606029249I), Jun 6, 1984: Boeing 72721 (N357QS), Kansas City, MO. Smoke in cockpit. Turned off the radar. Smoke cleared. Replacing radar r/t unit.

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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