19870624046669I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-25C · Memphis, TN · June 24, 1987

Date
June 24, 1987 · 03:50 local
Place
Memphis, TN
Airport
Memphis International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FDEA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N133FE
Reported as
Boeing 72725C
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
3
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.

Returned with fire warning light on. Found hole in starter duct elbow.

As the FAA filed it

RETURNED WITH FIRE WARNING LIGHT ON. FOUND HOLE IN STARTER DUCT ELBOW.