# Incident 19800507051419I: Boeing 727224, Houston, TX, May 7, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1980, 09:40 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Intercontinental
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88704, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88704-2002-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-224 (registry code 1384076, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727224
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D1
- People aboard: 70
- 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/19800507051419I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT RETURNED WITH ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO APPARENT LOSS OF OIL AND OIL PRESSURE.

## Other reports on N88704 (2)

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

- [Incident 19910920042029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910920042029I), Sep 20, 1991: Boeing 727224 (N88704), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. Left main gear would not extend or retract. Aircraft landed runway and left main gear collapsed.
- [Accident 19870225038971A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870225038971A), Feb 25, 1987: Boeing 727224 (N88704), Los Angeles, CA. On takeoff, the wheel of the aircraft hit N98834 which was taxiing. ATC controllers did not ensure separation.

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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