# Incident 20011005032699I: Boeing 727247, MO, October 5, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2001, 22:06 local time
- Place: MO
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: IPXA
- Aircraft: N211UP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N211UP-2003-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-247 (registry code 138408F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727247
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 271 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011005032699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/04/01 AT APPROXIMATELY 22:04 CDT UPS FLIGHT 671, ICE-SGF, EXPERIENCED A WEATHER RADAR FAILURE WHILE BEING VECTORED AROUND A PROHIBITED AREA AND A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. BECAUSE OF THE RADAR FAILURE THE CAPTAIN DECIDED THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION WAS TO RETURN TO ICT AND HE ASKED FOR A HEADING BACK TO ICT. ATC ASSIGNED THE FLIGHT A HEADING THAT THE CAPTAIN DETERMINED WOULD TAKE HIM INTO A CELL. HE NOTIFIED ATC THAT HE COULD NOT ACCEPT THAT HEADING AND NEEDED AN IMMEDIATE RIGHT TURN TO A 27O DEGREE HEADING TO AVOID THE CELL. ATC REISSUED THE ORIGINAL HEADING AND CAUTIONED THE FLIGHT NOT TO TURN ANY FURTHER RIGHT SINCE THIS WOULD TAKE THE FLIGHT INTO A PROHIBITED AREA. THE CAPTAIN IMMEDIATELY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND TURNED TO THE 270 DEGREE HEADING TO AVOID THE CELL. ATC COORDINATED WITH WHITEMAN AFB APPROACHED CONTROL AS UPS FLIGHT 671 ENTERED AND EXITED THE PROHIBITED AREA. FLIGHT 671 ARRIVED BACK IN ICT AND DOCUMENTED THE RADAR MALFUNCTION IN THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOK. INCIDENT #CE2002IAC0009 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THE FILING OF THIS REPORT - REFERENCE PTRS #'S 2002B003.

## Other reports on N211UP (1)

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

- [Incident 20001221026459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001221026459I), Dec 21, 2000: Boeing 727247 (N211UP), Windsor Locks, CT. (-23) On December 21, 2000 @2050 hours, ups flight 9821, a Boeing 727, registration number N211UP started it's take off roll on runway 33 at Bradley…

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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