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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727224 · Houston, TX · December 2, 1985

Date
December 2, 1985 · 08:27 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Aircraft
N69736
Reported as
Boeing 727224
People aboard
142
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

A hydraulic system fluid and pressure dropped to zero. Returned. Hydraulic pump case drain line ruptured.

As the FAA filed it

A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FLUID AND PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO. RETURNED. HYDRAULIC PUMP CASE DRAIN LINE RUPTURED.