# Incident 20020228036479I: Boeing 727251, Fort Wayne, IN, February 28, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2002, 02:52 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GAIA
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N252US-2011-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727251
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020228036479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) SEE ATTACHED SDR: FLIGHT 715 FROM ELP TO FWA; ON DESCENT THE AIRCRAFT HAD OUTBOARD SPLIT FLAP INDICATION. THE CREW USED THE ALTERNATE FLAP SYSTEM TO LOWER THE FLAPS TO THEIR DESIRED SETTINGS PER THE CHECKLIST. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT FWA UNEVENTFUL.

## Other reports on N252US (3)

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

- [Incident 20010221005299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010221005299I), Feb 21, 2001: Boeing 727251 (N252US), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. (-23) As a/c was being marshalled to parking, left wing tip struck hangar wall causing minor damage to strobe light lens, and assembly, as well as surrounding…
- [Incident 19880517038789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880517038789I), May 17, 1988: Boeing 727251 (N252US), Milwaukee, WI. Aircraft had excessive hydraulic leak so PIC landed. Found gear door hydraulic return line had failed.
- [Incident 19790620016479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790620016479I), Jun 20, 1979: Boeing 727251 (N252US), Fargo, ND, Minor damage. Takeoff aborted due to vibration and fire warning light. Engine to be changed.

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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