# Incident 19870313026759I: Boeing 72731, St Louis, MO, March 13, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1987, 10:05 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: 116
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870313026759I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SHUTDOWN DUE TO FIRE WARNING.  FOUND THE GLAND NUT BACKED OFF THE OIL COOLER EJECTOR VALVE.

## Other reports on N889TW (2)

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

- [Incident 19860613033039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860613033039I), Jun 13, 1986: Boeing 72731 (N889TW), St Louis, MO. A system hydraulic quantity loss en route. Safe landing. Found leaking line in the aft airstair area.
- [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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.