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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-251 · Tampa, FL · January 4, 1990

Date: January 4, 1990 · 09:07 local
Place: Tampa, FL
Airport: Tampa International
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: NWAA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N280US
Reported as: Boeing 727251
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D15A
People aboard: 145
Fatal injuries: 0

N280USRegistration cancelled Oct 3, 2000 · Boeing 727-251S/N 21159 Airframe modelBoeing 727-251

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.

NR3 engine separated in flight. Landed safely. Recovered engine. Found ingested material from lavatory tank.

As the FAA filed it

NR3 ENGINE SEPARATED IN FLIGHT. LANDED SAFELY. RECOVERED ENGINE. FOUND INGESTED MATERIAL FROM LAVATORY TANK.

Other reports on N280US · 3

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

Incident 19970323015599IClimb · Chicago, ILNarrative: FAA contacted due to turn back & emergency. Declared airworthiness involved due to possible malfunction. [privacy data omitted] A/c departed o'Hare , lost all airspeed & altimeters at 400' AGL. Declared emergency, dumped fuel, landed runway 9 w/o…Mar 23, 1997 Incident 19910214004709IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Memphis, TNFumes in aircraft when lights turned on. Emergency landing. Ballast for lights was cause of fumes.Feb 14, 1991 Incident 19880215011909ITo Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) · Billings, MTHad a false landing gear position indication. Returned. Landed without incident. Replaced left main downlock sensorFeb 15, 1988