# Incident 19891031064239I: Boeing 737291, Medford, OR, October 31, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1989, 07:34 local time
- Place: Medford, OR
- Airport: Medford-Jackson County
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 42.3360° N, 122.8518° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Medford, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3360&lon=-122.8518&mi=10
- Aircraft: N985UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N985UA-2013-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-291 (registry code 138448W, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-291) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737291
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D17
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891031064239I

## Narrative

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

NR2 ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE. SHUT DOWN AND LANDED. CHANGED MAIN OIL SCREEN GASKET AND O RING.

## Other reports on N985UA (1)

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

- [Incident 19980608037449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980608037449I), Jun 8, 1998: Boeing 737291 (N985UA), Omaha, NE. (-5)N985UA, a B-737-291, was enroute des moines, IA, to denver, CO, when the crew reported the number one com went inoperative followed by an electrical type…

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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