# Incident 19880808039819I: Boeing 757251, Las Vegas, NV, August 8, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1988, 08:40 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N522US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N522US-2017-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-251 (registry code 1384970, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757251
- Reported engine: PWA PW2037
- People aboard: 117
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880808039819I

## Narrative

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

LOST OIL PRESSURE. DIVERTED. FOUND CHIP DETECTOR UNIT CAME LOOSE DUE CROSS THREADING. APU UNIT ALSO MALFUNCTIONED.

## Other reports on N522US (1)

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

- [Accident 20070603015099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070603015099A), Jun 3, 2007: Boeing 757251 (N522US), Denver, CO, No damage. (-23) Flight 1221 encountered unforecast, moderate turbulence during descent between 10,000-7,000 feet while descending into den. While passing 7,000' and…

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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