Boeing 727: Deviation Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude incidents
322 voluntary NASA ASRS incident reports for “Boeing 727” aircraft categorised as “Deviation Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude”.
322Total reports
13Years with data
Reports by year
Recent report synopses
- 2014-01 B727 First Officer reports losing 500 FT while distracted by an inoperative ILS and the switch to an RNAV approach. A low altitude warning from ATC and EGPWS alert the crew and they return to the cleared altitude. The autopilot was not capable of maintaining an altitude during the switch to the RNAV approach.
- 2006-12 B727 crew has trim malfunction which causes aircraft to lose altitude in RVSM airspace.
- 2006-04 B737-300 flight crew on approach to BUR failed to follow the charted visual approach procedures.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.