40.7242° N, 74.1726° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 6, 1987 · 11:10 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Airport
Newark International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAIA
Aircraft
N759N
Reported as
Boeing 737222
People aboard
70
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total2,800 in this make and model160 in the last 90 days
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.
The airliner made an emergency landing and evacuation due to an engine fire indication. Number 2 loop found kinked.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRLINER MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND EVACUATION DUE TO AN ENGINE FIRE INDICATION. NUMBER 2 LOOP FOUND KINKED.