19891011058719I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-295 · Jacksonville, FL · October 11, 1989

Date
October 11, 1989 · 16:20 local
Place
Jacksonville, FL
Airport
Jacksonville International
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N708US
Reported as
Boeing 727295
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
150
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,300 total3,200 in this make and model177 in the last 90 days

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.

Engine vibration on takeoff. Aborted. Found five unfastened fastners on NR3 engine. Tailpipe and turbine damage.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE VIBRATION ON TAKEOFF. ABORTED. FOUND FIVE UNFASTENED FASTNERS ON NR3 ENGINE. TAILPIPE AND TURBINE DAMAGE.