# Incident 20000824039539I: Boeing 727, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 24, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2000, 18:50 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 18.4394° N, 66.0021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL (SJU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4394&lon=-66.0021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N710AA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Pilot flight hours: 250 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000824039539I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PIC REPORTED FLIGHT CONTROL PROBLEMS. RETURNED TO SJU.  LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPLACED ELEVATOR FELL COMPUTER.  A/C WAS RELEASED.  REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT PREVIOUS LOGS RECORDS SHOWS THAT THE DISCREPANCIES WAS REPORTED TWO DAYS EALIER.  ON 8/22, HOWEVER WAS ON 8/24 THAT THE FELL COMPUTER WAS REPLACED.

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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