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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-235 · Houston, TX · August 8, 1978

Date
August 8, 1978 · 07:41 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAA
Aircraft
N4746
Reported as
Boeing 727235
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D7B
People aboard
56
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

Engine shutdown due to oil loss. Found oil scavenge tube leaking.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SHUTDOWN DUE TO OIL LOSS. FOUND OIL SCAVENGE TUBE LEAKING.