# Incident 19850823046059I: Boeing 727251, Tampa, FL, August 23, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1985, 22:25 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 27.9475° N, 82.4584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tampa, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9475&lon=-82.4584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N259US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N259US-2001-11-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727251
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D7
- 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/19850823046059I

## Narrative

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

EPR DROPPED TO NEAR ZERO AND TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. 13TH STAGE BLEED CROSSOVER DUCT RUPTURED.

## Other reports on N259US (1)

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

- [Incident 19831019069219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831019069219I), Oct 19, 1983: Boeing 727200 (N259US), Great Falls, MT. Tower personnel observed aircraft over approach runway overrun with gear up. ATC advised crew. Landed safely.

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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