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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-2H3 · Kansas City, MO · July 20, 2012

Date
July 20, 2012 · 18:37 local
Place
Kansas City, MO
Airport
Kansas City International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
K11A
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N722CK
Reported as
Boeing 727-2H3
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On departure from mci crew reported engine fire and secured the number one engine. Crew requested a "fuel dumping area" and a return to mci for landing. ATC did not respond to fuel dumping area but brought aircraft back to mci for landing. Crew dumped fuel down to safe landing weight while returning to mci. Aircraft landed without incident, all aircrew emergency procedures followed

As the FAA filed it

ON DEPARTURE FROM MCI CREW REPORTED ENGINE FIRE AND SECURED THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE. CREW REQUESTED A "FUEL DUMPING AREA" AND A RETURN TO MCI FOR LANDING. ATC DID NOT RESPOND TO FUEL DUMPING AREA BUT BROUGHT AIRCRAFT BACK TO MCI FOR LANDING. CREW DUMPED FUEL DOWN TO SAFE LANDING WEIGHT WHILE RETURNING TO MCI.AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, ALL AIRCREW EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOLLOWED