# Incident 19880715043789I: Boeing 727231, St Louis, MO, July 15, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1988, 17:58 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- 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: N54335, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54335-2013-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-231 (registry code 1384079, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-231) (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: 107
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880715043789I

## Narrative

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

SHUT DOWN NR3 ENGINE ON APPROACH DUE TO A FIRE WARNING. FOUND ENGINE DETECTOR SENSOR LOOP DEFECTIVE.

## Other reports on N54335 (3)

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

- [Incident 19860412018689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860412018689I), Apr 12, 1986: Boeing 727231 (N54335), St Louis, MO. Emergency descent after cabin pressure surge. Climbed again without problem. Replaced outflow and isolation valve.
- [Incident 19800610054419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800610054419I), Jun 10, 1980: Boeing 727231 (N54335), St Louis, MO. Left main gear warning light on. Aircraft landed safely, problem was indication.
- [Incident 19791012052399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791012052399I), Oct 12, 1979: Boeing 727231 (N54335), Tulsa, OK. Bomb threat recieved ten minutes after departure. Continued to nearby destination, searched, results negative.

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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