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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Houston, TX · June 20, 1983

Date
June 20, 1983 · 09:05 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Aircraft
N40490
Reported as
Boeing 727
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D7B
People aboard
86
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.

During climb out #3 engine low oil pressure light came on. Found excessive oil in tailpipe. Turbine damage.

As the FAA filed it

DURING CLIMB OUT #3 ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON.FOUND EXCESSIVE OIL IN TAILPIPE. TURBINE DAMAGE.

Other reports on N40490 · 1

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