19871215077459I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727200 · Kansas City, MO · December 15, 1987

Date
December 15, 1987 · 10:59 local
Place
Kansas City, MO
Airport
Kansas City International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Aircraft
N8862E
Reported as
Boeing 727200
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D15
People aboard
121
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.

Power loss in NR3 engine. Engine shut down. Fuel dumped. Returned to Kansas City. Unknown foreign object damage.

As the FAA filed it

POWER LOSS IN NR3 ENGINE. ENGINE SHUT DOWN. FUEL DUMPED. RETURNED TO KANSAS CITY. UNKNOWN FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE.