# Incident 19851120064819I: Boeing 72725, Philadelphia, PA, November 20, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1985, 08:48 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Philadelphia International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 39.8721° N, 75.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILADELPHIA INTL (PHL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8721&lon=-75.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8105N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8105N-2014-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-25 (registry code 1384006, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72725
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- People aboard: 85
- 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/19851120064819I

## Narrative

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

LOSS OF POWER ON NR 1 AND NR 3 ENGINES.DIVERTED.ENGINES OPERATED NORMALLY AT DECREASED POWER.CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N8105N (1)

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

- [Incident 19811120080209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811120080209I), Nov 20, 1981: Boeing 72725 (N8105N), Atlanta, GA, Substantial damage. Torando hit airport, 11 aircraft and 300 passengers involved. Minor injury to one ramp person. Substantial damage.

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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