# Incident 20001014037489I: Boeing 727225, Buffalo, NY, October 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2000, 22:38 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8882Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8882Z-2010-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- People aboard: 145
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001014037489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2000, DURING CLIMB OUT FROM BUFFALO NIAGARA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BUF), A B-727-225, OPERATED BY DELTA AIRLINES AS FLIGHT 875, EXPERIENCED THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE START VALVE "OPEN" LIGHT ILLUMINATING. THE CREW RETARDED POWER TO "IDLE" PER THE CHECKLIST. THE VALVE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED PER THE CHECKLIST AND THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS PRIOR TO SHUTDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BUF, LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP AND DEPLANED THE PASSENGERS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. COMPANY MAINTENANCE ARRIVED AND CHANGED THE START VALVE AND PRESSURE SWITCH. THEY RAN THE ENGINE, CHECKED THE "CHIP" DETECTOR AND STRAINER AND FOUND THEM TO BE OK. THEY REPLACED THE FILTER AND PERFORMED A WINDMILL CHECK AND THEN A HIGH POWER RUN. THE START VALVE OPERATED NORMALLY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED 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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