# Incident 20020303008459I: Boeing 727282, Grand Rapids, MI, March 3, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2002, 07:50 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MI
- Airport: Kent County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RYNA
- Location: 42.9634° N, 85.6681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9634&lon=-85.6681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N281SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N281SC-2017-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-282 (registry code 138408T, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-282) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 series (registry code 52049, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-17-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727282
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D17
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020303008459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) RYAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES FLIGHT 960, N281SC, B-727 LANDED AT GERALD FORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 07:40 (LOCAL TIME) AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP. THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT THE RAMP AND THE #3 ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE AT 07:50 (LOCAL TIME). ATCT NOTIFIED ARFF AND EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS DISPATCHED TO AIRCRAFT AT GATE A5 WITH FLAME COMING OUT OF #3 ENGINE. THE CREW ALSO REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE FIRE WAS OUT PRIOR TO THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT ARRIVAL. THE CAPTAIN STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THE #3 ENGINE WAS OVERSERVICED WITH OIL. AFTER THE CAPTAIN SHUT DOWN THE #3 ENGINE, HE FEELS THAT FUEL ACCUMULATED. WHEN ATTEMPTED A RESTART, FLAMES WERE PRODUCED. THERE WAS NO APPARENT DAMAGE AND ARFF WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY FIRE.

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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