# Incident 20070218004919I: Airbus A320212, Bozeman, MT, February 18, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2007, 23:48 local time
- Place: Bozeman, MT
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 45.6839° N, 111.0576° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bozeman, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6839&lon=-111.0576&mi=10
- Aircraft: N356NW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N356NW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A320-212 (registry code 3930322, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320212
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,286 total, 1,435 in this make and model, 188 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070218004919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 18, 2007, NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 1273 WAS CLEARED FOR A FULL PROCEDURE ILS RWY 12 AT BOZEMAN, MONTANA (BZN) AFTER HOLDING AT MANNI INTERSECTION ON THE APPROACH COURSE. THE FLIGHT PROCEEDED OUTBOUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 35 NAUTICAL MILES, WHICH IS 25 NAUTICAL MILES BEYOND THE 10 NM RING. THIS PUT THE FLIGHT INTO AN AREA WHERE THEY WERE SURROUNDED BY MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AND WERE BELOW THE MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE IN THAT SECTOR, 8800 FEET MSL. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO OPERATE AT AN ALTITUDE OF 7300 FT MSL WHILE PROCEEDING OUTBOUND UNTIL THE LOW ALTITUDE ALERT WAS INITIATED BY SALT LAKE CENTER. CLIMBING INSTRUCTIONS WERE ISSUED AND THE FLIGHT WAS RETURNED TO THE INBOUND ILS COURSE. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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