# Incident 19890831047589I: Boeing 72722C, Rochester, NY, August 31, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1989, 08:00 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TAGA
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N425EX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N425EX-1993-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-22C (registry code 138400F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-22c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72722C
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 2,900 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890831047589I

## Narrative

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

FUEL CONTROL PROBLEM ON CLIMB. RETURNED. FOUND LEAK FROM FUEL FLOW TRANSMITTER.

## Other reports on N425EX (1)

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

- [Accident 19910503013979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910503013979A), May 3, 1991: Boeing 727100 (N425EX), Windsor Locks, CT, Substantial damage. Catastrophic and uncontained blow up NR3 engine on takeoff. Aborted. Fire burned mail. High pressure disk failure.

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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