# Incident 19830725040019I: Boeing 727225, Houston, TX, July 25, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1983, 09:15 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- 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: N8846E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8846E-1992-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- People aboard: 64
- 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/19830725040019I

## Narrative

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

HAD LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE ON #1 ENGINE. FOUND OIL LEAK AT LOW OIL PRESSURE SWITCH.

## Other reports on N8846E (1)

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

- [Incident 19870415028069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870415028069I), Apr 15, 1987: Boeing 727225 (N8846E), Washington, DC, Substantial damage. The aircraft collided with a ground tug during taxi.

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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