29.7633° N, 95.3633° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 28, 1983 · 17:41 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAAA
Aircraft
N423PA
Reported as
Boeing 727
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D7B
People aboard
114
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.
Decreasing oil quantity in #3 engine. Shutdown. Oil line from #6 bearing pressure had cracked.
As the FAA filed it
DECREASING OIL QUANTITY IN #3 ENGINE. SHUTDOWN. OIL LINE FROM #6 BEARING PRESSURE HAD CRACKED.