# Incident 19880907057589I: Boeing 727, Ft Lauderdale, FL, September 7, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1988, 19:30 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: NR732 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 36
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,666 total, 1,584 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880907057589I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF SMOKE IN BIN AND ALARM SOUNDED. RETURNED.   APU INTERNAL OIL SEAL HAD FAILED.

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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