# Incident 19860312014269I: Boeing 727232, St Louis, MO, March 12, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1986, 21:22 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N512DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N512DA-2016-02-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (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 727232
- People aboard: 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860312014269I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO TRANSFER FUEL AS NEEDED. DIVERTED AND DUMPED FUEL. CROSSFEED VALVE STUCK IN CLOSED POSITION.

## Other reports on N512DA (1)

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

- [Incident 19901016052419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901016052419I), Oct 16, 1990: Boeing 727232 (N512DA), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX. NR2 engine lost power on takeoff. Aborted. Evacuation on taxiway. Engine had turbine failure.

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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