# Incident 20040527013819I: Boeing 727223, Atlanta, GA, May 27, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2004, 06:13 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GAIA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6833, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6833-2011-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-223 (registry code 1384074, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727223
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040527013819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 5/27/04 AT 0613CDT, A B-727-223, DEPARTED FROM FWA ENROUTE TO ATL. DURING DEPARTURE CLIMB, THE CREW NOTICED A R/H MAIN GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH THE GEAR HANDLE IN UP POSITION. THE CREW RECYCLED THE GEAR AND THERE WAS NO CHANGE. THE CREW RETURNED TO FWA AND PERFORMED AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL R&R THE LANDING GEAR ACCESSORY UNIT. AN OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS PERFORMED AND THE UNSAFE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. IN ADDITION, AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED AND NO DEFECTS OR DAMAGES WERE NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N6833 (1)

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

- [Incident 20040527014829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040527014829I), May 27, 2004: Boeing 727223 (N6833), Fort Wayne, IN. (-23) On 05/27/2004, at 1101Z, kitty hawk flight #KHA761, a B-727-223, registration number N6833, enroute from Fort Wayne in (fwa) to atlanta ga, reported a…

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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