19881211065659I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · San Antonio, TX · December 11, 1988

Date
December 11, 1988 · 10:33 local
Place
San Antonio, TX
Airport
San Antonio International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Aircraft
NR750
Reported as
Boeing 727
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D15
People aboard
56
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Compressor failure in NR3 engine at cruise. Landed without incident. Metal found in the oil screen.

As the FAA filed it

COMPRESSOR FAILURE IN NR3 ENGINE AT CRUISE. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. METAL FOUND IN THE OIL SCREEN.