# Incident 19881121066799I: Boeing 757251, Boston, MA, November 21, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1988, 09:58 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N502US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N502US-2018-12-06) (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: 121
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881121066799I

## Narrative

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

LOSS OF OIL QUANTITY AND PRESSURE. NR2 ENGINE SHUT DOWN. VALVE HOUSING LEAKED OIL. MAGNETIC CHIP DETECTOR PLUG OUT.

## Other reports on N502US (1)

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

- [Incident 20001105030889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001105030889I), Nov 5, 2000: Boeing 757251 (N502US), Minneapolis, MN. (-23) Abort initated at approx. 130KTS due to fumes and haze/smoke in cockpit. A/c had new #2 engine installed. Fumes of unknown origina noticed at approx.…

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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