# Incident 20000510017319I: Boeing 727251, Ft Lauderdale, FL, May 10, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2000, 02:48 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: PCSA
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N296AJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N296AJ-2002-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727251
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,800 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000510017319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AMERIJET 451, 1 B-727 EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF NECESSITATING AN EMERGENCY RETURN. AFTER RECEIVING A CLEARANCE TO LAND AND EXITING VEHICLES, AJT 451 CONTACTED A CLOSED RUNWAY SIGN MOUNTED ON A TRUCK. A NORMAL LANDING, ROLLOUT AND EVACUATION WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE TRUCK AND SIGN WERE DAMAGED. THE A/C WAS NOT DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N296AJ (1)

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

- [Incident 19971024035309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971024035309I), Oct 24, 1997: Boeing 727251 (N296AJ), Kansas City, MO. Narrative: en-route from tol to elp, amerijet international, inc., (pcsa) flight crew noted arcing in the L-1 window, window heat was turned off and the window…

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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