# Incident 19870805049349I: Boeing 727222, Des Moines, IA, August 5, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1987, 20:10 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7451U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7451U-2006-06-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-222 (registry code 1384073, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727222
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 126
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,500 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870805049349I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO LOSS OF ENGINE OIL. DIVERTED. FOUND A SEAL HAD FAILED ON THE OIL SCREEN COVER.

## Other reports on N7451U (1)

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

- [Incident 19950126003949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950126003949I), Jan 26, 1995: Boeing 727200 (N7451U), Washington, DC, Minor damage. Narrative: after landing on dca runway 36 at night, ual 626, N7451U, a Boeing 727-200, was cleared to taxi to gate 26. While taxiing onto the gate 26 ramp, the…

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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