# Incident 19860613033039I: Boeing 72731, St Louis, MO, June 13, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1986, 09:50 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- 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: N889TW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N889TW-1992-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-31 (registry code 1384010, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72731
- People aboard: 87
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 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/19860613033039I

## Narrative

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

A SYSTEM HYDRAULIC QUANTITY LOSS EN ROUTE. SAFE LANDING. FOUND LEAKING LINE IN THE AFT AIRSTAIR AREA.

## Other reports on N889TW (2)

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

- [Incident 19870313026759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870313026759I), Mar 13, 1987: Boeing 72731 (N889TW), St Louis, MO. Engine shutdown due to fire warning. Found the gland nut backed off the oil cooler ejector valve.
- [Incident 19860108003159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860108003159I), Jan 8, 1986: Boeing 72731 (N889TW), St Louis, MO, Minor damage. During climb aircraft rolled and buffeted with flap slat retraction. Found inboard slat track extend stops missing.

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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