# Incident 20021010029499I: Boeing 727251, Fort Wayne, IN, October 10, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2002, 00:23 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- 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: N279US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N279US-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (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/20021010029499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) NOSE LANDING GEAR TORQUE LINK PIN MISSING. LAST REMOVED AT ATLANTA, GA (KATL) AIRPORT FOR PUSH BACK.

## Other reports on N279US (2)

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

- [Incident 20040619009759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040619009759I), Jun 19, 2004: Boeing 727251 (N279US), San Francisco, CA. (-23) On June 19, 2004 air kittyhawk flight 2878 from San Francisco International enroute to fort wayne, Indiana, the crew experienced high oil pressure and…
- [Incident 19910306019739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910306019739I), Mar 6, 1991: Boeing 737200 (N279US), Syracuse, NY, Minor damage. Bird strike on NR2 engine on final approach. Landed safely.

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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