# Incident 19871220077149I: Boeing 727231, St Louis, MO, December 20, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1987, 15:40 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- 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: N12305, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12305-2003-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-231 (registry code 1384079, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727231
- People aboard: 69
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871220077149I

## Narrative

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

LOST ALL A SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FLUID ON FINAL. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND NOSE GEAR STEERING CONTROL VALVE LEAKING.

## Other reports on N12305 (2)

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

- [Incident 19871201075999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871201075999I), Dec 1, 1987: Boeing 727231 (N12305), St Louis, MO. Loud squeal at forward passenger door on climbout. Returned. Found seal torn at lower door hinge. Repaired seal.
- [Incident 19780903017399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780903017399I), Sep 3, 1978: Boeing 727231 (N12305), Pittsburgh, PA. Lost pressurizatin in flight due to faulty seals in the water separator.

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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