# Incident 19831015065819I: Boeing 72722C, Pittsburgh, PA, October 15, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1983, 06:02 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RYNA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N428EX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N428EX-2007-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-22C (registry code 138400F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-22c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72722C
- 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/19831015065819I

## Narrative

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

GENERATOR TRIPPED. FIRE WARNING LIGHT. NO 3 ENGINE SMOKED. CHAFED GENERATOR WIRE HAD ARCED, CAUSED HOLE IN OIL LINE

## Other reports on N428EX (2)

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

- [Incident 19990428016069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990428016069I), Apr 28, 1999: Boeing 72722C (N428EX), Indianapolis, IN. On 4/28/99, ryan flt 601 enroute from ind to tpa at approx. 1000 fh ah. After take-off, no. 2 engine epr began to drop-off, no. 2 engine fire indication came…
- [Incident 19980315007559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980315007559I), Mar 15, 1998: Boeing 72722C (N428EX), Kansas City, MO. Narrative: aircraft was in route from den to ind., at 06:45Z. The crew smelled smoke fumes in the cockpit and declared an emergency with ATC 150 miles west of…

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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