# Incident 19880517038789I: Boeing 727251, Milwaukee, WI, May 17, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1988, 14:10 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Airport: General Mitchell Field
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 42.9469° N, 87.8971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL MITCHELL INTL (MKE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9469&lon=-87.8971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N252US-2011-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727251
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D7B
- People aboard: 93
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 in this make and model, 176 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880517038789I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HAD EXCESSIVE HYDRAULIC LEAK SO PIC LANDED. FOUND GEAR DOOR HYDRAULIC RETURN LINE HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N252US (3)

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

- [Incident 20020228036479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020228036479I), Feb 28, 2002: Boeing 727251 (N252US), Fort Wayne, IN. (-23) See attached SDR: flight 715 from elp to fwa; on descent the aircraft had outboard split flap indication. The crew used the alternate flap system to…
- [Incident 20010221005299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010221005299I), Feb 21, 2001: Boeing 727251 (N252US), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. (-23) As a/c was being marshalled to parking, left wing tip struck hangar wall causing minor damage to strobe light lens, and assembly, as well as surrounding…
- [Incident 19790620016479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790620016479I), Jun 20, 1979: Boeing 727251 (N252US), Fargo, ND, Minor damage. Takeoff aborted due to vibration and fire warning light. Engine to be changed.

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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