# Incident 19810616042699I: Boeing 72725, San Antonio, TX, June 16, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1981, 14:00 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: International
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 29.4241° N, 98.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Antonio, TX, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4241&lon=-98.4936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8114N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8114N-2012-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-25 (registry code 1384006, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72725
- People aboard: 36
- 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/19810616042699I

## Narrative

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

HYDRAULIC SYSTEM A DROPPED TO ZERO QUANTITY. FOUND RIGHT FLAP MOTOR CASE DRAIN CRACKED. REPLACED MOTOR AND PUMP.

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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