# Incident 19891103059249I: Boeing 72722, Earle, AR, November 3, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 1989, 00:25 local time
- Place: Earle, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 35.2734° N, 90.4643° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Earle, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2734&lon=-90.4643&mi=10
- Aircraft: N198FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N198FE-2006-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-22 (registry code 1384002, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72722
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 29,304 total, 2,925 in this make and model, 91 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891103059249I

## Narrative

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

ON DESCENT HIT FLOCK OF BIRDS. SOME PENETRATED RADOME AND COCKPIT. DAMAGED INBOARD SLAT.

## Other reports on N198FE (3)

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

- [Incident 19970121008389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970121008389I), Jan 21, 1997: Boeing 72722 (N198FE), Oklahoma City, OK. Narrative: the aircraft departed Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for memphis, Tennessee, declared an emergency and returned to okc due to illumination of smoke…
- [Incident 19940706031369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940706031369I), Jul 6, 1994: Boeing 72722 (N198FE), Buffalo, NY. Usafe gear indication. Used manual landed safe. Towed to gate. Hydraulic flap motor leaking. Replaced motor.
- [Incident 19910220006369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910220006369I), Feb 20, 1991: Boeing 72722 (N198FE), Rochester, NY. Lost a system hydraulic quantity on gear retraction. Returned. Landed safely. Replaced line in wheel well.

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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