# Incident 19800601024619I: Boeing 727222, Cleveland, OH, June 1, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1980, 12:15 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Hopkins
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 41.4995° N, 81.6954° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cleveland, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4995&lon=-81.6954&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7642U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7642U-2006-09-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-222 (registry code 1384073, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727222
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D1
- People aboard: 85
- 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/19800601024619I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE & LOW OIL QUANTITY. OIL PRESSURE TUBE TO #6 BEARING WAS CRACKED.

## Other reports on N7642U (2)

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

- [Incident 19870102008039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870102008039I), Jan 2, 1987: Boeing 727222 (N7642U), Akron, OH. After clearing runway, aircraft taxied off taxiway and left main became stuck in the mud.
- [Incident 19830613030919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830613030919I), Jun 13, 1983: Boeing 727222 (N7642U), Washington, DC. #3 Engine spooled down. Noise and vibration occured. Engine torched on taxiway. Found turbine failure.

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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