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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727200 · Memphis, TN · February 22, 1983

Date
February 22, 1983 · 09:55 local
Place
Memphis, TN
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N487DA
Reported as
Boeing 727200
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D15
People aboard
72
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.

Pilot shut engine down and returned to airport. Lost "a" hydraulic system. Found a fitting failure.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT SHUT ENGINE DOWN AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT. LOST "A" HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. FOUND A FITTING FAILURE.