# Incident 19890109009549I: Boeing 727251, Boston, MA, January 9, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1989, 19:07 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAIA
- 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: N261US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N261US-1997-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727251
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- People aboard: 71
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890109009549I

## Narrative

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

NO OIL TEMPERATURE INDICATION ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED. FOUND FAULTY NR2 OIL TEMPERATURE GAUGE.

## Other reports on N261US (1)

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

- [Incident 19920817036009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920817036009I), Aug 17, 1992: Boeing 727251 (N261US), Savannah, GA. Pilot cleared for approach to Savannah airport. Landed at Hunter army airfield. Departed for Savannah.

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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