# Incident 19900104003369I: Boeing 727251, Boston, MA, January 4, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1990, 19:42 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N255US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N255US-2006-02-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727251
- People aboard: 121
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900104003369I

## Narrative

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

FLAMES AND SMOKE IN OVEN. EXTINGUISHED AND RETURNED. OVEN FAN BLADES DISINTEGRATED AND HIT CAL RODS STARTING FIRE.

## Other reports on N255US (3)

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

- [Incident 19920220011409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920220011409I), Feb 20, 1992: Boeing 727251 (N255US), Fort Myers, FL, Minor damage. Rear galley fire en route. Shut off power. Used halon bottle. Flight attendant burned finger tips. Continued flight.
- [Incident 19860921063079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860921063079I), Sep 21, 1986: Boeing 727251 (N255US), Rochester, MN. While executing a turn onto taxiway, the left main gear left the paved surface and became mired in the mud.
- [Incident 19831014069249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831014069249I), Oct 14, 1983: Boeing 727251 (N255US), Billings, MT. No. 3 engine failed on takeoff roll aborted. Found second stage turbine blade failure.

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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