# Incident 19831021069179I: Boeing 727200, Memphis, TN, October 21, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1983, 09:24 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N885AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N885AA-2002-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-223 (registry code 1384074, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727200
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9
- People aboard: 57
- 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/19831021069179I

## Narrative

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

DIVERTED TO MEMPHIS WITH NO. 3 ENGINE SHUT DOWN. LOW OIL PRESSURE. LOSS OF OIL QUANTITY. TEMPERATURE RISE.

## Other reports on N885AA (1)

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

- [Incident 19940406013629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940406013629I), Apr 6, 1994: Boeing 727223 (N885AA), Nashville, TN. Aircraft departed taxiway while taxiing to gate. Left main gear and nose gear stuck in mud. Taxiway slick.

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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