# Incident 19890923058819I: Boeing 727251, Houston, TX, September 23, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1989, 13:20 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAAA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N386PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N386PA-1992-12-11) (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 JT8D7B
- People aboard: 48
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890923058819I

## Narrative

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

COCKPIT FIRE WARNING ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED. 15TH STAGE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND FIRE ELEMENT GROUNDED.

## Other reports on N386PA (1)

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

- [Incident 19881106071319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881106071319I), Nov 6, 1988: Boeing 727251 (N386PA), Houston, TX. Evasive maneuver was taken to avoid collision with a Cessna single during initial approach. Cessna not identified.

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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