# Incident 20010106000319I: Boeing 727223, Billings, MT, January 6, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2001, 17:50 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GAIA
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6816, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6816-2012-10-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-223 (registry code 1384074, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727223
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,753 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 147 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010106000319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 6, 2001, KITTY HAWK AIR CARGO, INC. (GAIA), FLIGHT 202, EN ROUTE TO SEA FROM BIL, RETURNED TO BIL AT 1750 MST AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PRESSURE FUELING DOOR,LOCATED UNDER THE RIGHT LEADING WING OF THE A/C WAS NOT SECURED PROPERLY. THE CAUSED #6 LEADING EDGE SLATE TO JAM, DURING RETRACTION ON TAKE-OFF AT BIL. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE SLAT AND THE FUEL DOOR. APPARENTLY TWO GAIA FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS, THE CAPTAIN AND THE FLIGHT ENGINEER, WERE ASSISTING FUELER AT BIL, WHO WAS PERFORMING MANUAL REFUELING OPERATION. IT APPEARS THAT NO ONE SECURED THE FUELING DOOR. THEREFORE GAIA'S FLIGHT CREW WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE FUELING PROCESS, FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE GAIA OPERATION PRE-FLIGHT PROCEDURES.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N6816 (1)

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

- [Incident 19790703018279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790703018279I), Jul 3, 1979: Boeing 727223 (N6816), Chicago, IL. Pilot aborted takeoff when nr 3 engine oil pressure by pass light came on. Maintenance replaced the filter.

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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