# Incident 19890604032959I: Boeing 727247, Ketchikan, AK, June 4, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1989, 08:40 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Airport: Ketchikan International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASAA
- Location: 55.3541° N, 131.7112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KETCHIKAN INTL (KTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3541&lon=-131.7112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N324AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N324AS-1995-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-247 (registry code 138408F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727247
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,062 total, 2,932 in this make and model, 123 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890604032959I

## Narrative

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

LOST OIL PRESSURE ON NR1 ENGINE. SHUT DOWN AND LANDED. FOUND CRACK ON NR6 BEARING VERTICAL OIL TUBE WAS LEAKING OIL

## Other reports on N324AS (1)

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

- [Incident 19791114056079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791114056079I), Nov 14, 1979: Boeing 727 (N324AS), Yakutat, AK, Minor damage. After takeoff, fire warning came on for #3 engine. Starter turbine had separated, rupturing cowling.

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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