# Incident 20020228036649I: Boeing 727222, Fort Wayne, IN, February 28, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2002, 05:40 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
- Phase of flight: Climb
- 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: N90AX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90AX-2013-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-222 (registry code 1384073, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727222
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020228036649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT 725 FROM FWA TO BNA: ON CLIMB OUT FROM FWA AT 2000 FEET, THE #2 START VALVE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, RAN THE CHECKLISTS, AND DUMPED FUEL. THE CREW RETURNED TO FWA, AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT FWA UNEVENTFUL.

## Other reports on N90AX (1)

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

- [Incident 19950510025289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950510025289I), May 10, 1995: Boeing 727222 (N90AX), Toledo, OH, Minor damage. On takeoff unsecured pallets travel rearward stuck aft bulkhead and door. Aborted. Pallets went forward hit wall.

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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