# Incident 19811112083249I: Boeing 727, Houston, TX, November 12, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1981, 19:17 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Intercontinental
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N32721, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32721-1994-11-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-224 (registry code 1384076, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D1
- 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/19811112083249I

## Narrative

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

ZA #1 ENGINE OIL LEVEL LOW. SHUT DOWN DIVERTED LANDING. FOUND INTERNAL ENGINE OIL LEAK. CHANGED ENGINE.

## Other reports on N32721 (5)

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

- [Incident 19920624026449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920624026449I), Jun 24, 1992: Boeing 727224 (N32721), Kansas City, MO, Minor damage. Experienced pressurization problem. Diverted to Kansas City. Found left water separator forward clamp off.
- [Incident 19870928073589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870928073589I), Sep 28, 1987: Boeing 727224 (N32721), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Pilot steered nose gear off taxiway into soft surface. Added power to taxi through. Main gear sunk into mud.
- [Incident 19861125069939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861125069939I), Nov 25, 1986: Boeing 727224 (N32721), Ontario, CA, Minor damage. Passengers were evacuated when a cargo hold fire was reported. APU circuit breaker found smoldering.
- [Incident 19781108022229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781108022229I), Nov 8, 1978: Boeing 727224 (N32721), Miami, FL. APU fire on ground was extinguished by fire trucks. APU replaced.
- [Incident 19781103024029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781103024029I), Nov 3, 1978: Boeing 727 (N32721), Chicago, IL. Flight returned after fire warning. Found short in canon plug.

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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