19891208065579A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Boeing 727-31 · Newark, NJ · December 8, 1989

Date
December 8, 1989 · 22:10 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Airport
Newark International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Part 125 operator
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N727PJ
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC90FA038
Reported as
Boeing 72731
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D7B
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,215 total

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.

Loud noise, NR1 engine power loss. Shutdown. Landed airport. Engine turbine blade lodge in vertical stabilizer.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD NOISE, NR1 ENGINE POWER LOSS. SHUTDOWN. LANDED AIRPORT. ENGINE TURBINE BLADE LODGE IN VERTICAL STABILIZER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.