# Incident 19790814031279I: Boeing 727224, El Paso, TX, August 14, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1979, 02:37 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CAL
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88710, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88710-2002-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-224 (registry code 1384076, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727224
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- People aboard: 57
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790814031279I

## Narrative

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

OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON FOLLOWED BY COMPRESSOR STALL AND VIBRATION. SHUT DOWN ENGINE. METAL IN OIL SCREEN.

## Other reports on N88710 (2)

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

- [Incident 19790929049459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790929049459I), Sep 29, 1979: Boeing 727224 (N88710), San Antonio, TX. Flight returned due to loss of "b" system hydraulic fluid. Flex line found to be leaking.
- [Incident 19780721035999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780721035999I), Jul 21, 1978: Boeing 727 (N88710), El Paso, TX. Fire warning light during taxi. Water in nacelle from previous night's washing. Grounded out the loop.

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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