29.7633° N, 95.3633° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 19, 1980 · 21:18 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAAA
Aircraft
N3606
Reported as
Boeing 727
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D1
People aboard
46
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.
Flight made unscheduled landing due to #3 engine shut down for oil pressure light flicker.
As the FAA filed it
FLIGHT MADE UNSCHEDULED LANDING DUE TO #3 ENGINE SHUT DOWN FOR OIL PRESSURE LIGHT FLICKER.