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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-232 · Memphis, TN · April 3, 1986

Date
April 3, 1986 · 14:13 local
Place
Memphis, TN
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Aircraft
N401DA
Reported as
Boeing 727232
People aboard
136
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Fluctuating engine indication on engines at cruise. Small amounts of water found in traps and sumps.

As the FAA filed it

FLUCTUATING ENGINE INDICATION ON ENGINES AT CRUISE. SMALL AMOUNTS OF WATER FOUND IN TRAPS AND SUMPS.

Other reports on N401DA · 4

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