# Incident 19880517022639I: Boeing 727231, St Louis, MO, May 17, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1988, 19:52 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- 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: N857TW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N857TW-2004-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-31 (registry code 1384010, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727231
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9A
- People aboard: 110
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880517022639I

## Narrative

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

THROTTLE STUCK ON CLIMB OUT. RETURNED. OPERATED NORMAL AFTER RETURNING TO GATE. CLEANED AND LUBED FOR SAFETY CHECK.

## Other reports on N857TW (2)

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

- [Incident 19891204062459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891204062459I), Dec 4, 1989: Boeing 72731 (N857TW), Columbus, OH, Minor damage. Upper cowl on NR3 engine departed on approach. Found outboard horizontal latch pin and receiver bracket broken.
- [Incident 19871027077349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871027077349I), Oct 27, 1987: Boeing 72731 (N857TW), Pittsburgh, PA, Minor damage. Struck a deer on departure. Continued to stl. Left main landing gear flying door assembly torn from its mounting.

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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