# Incident 19900214024209I: Boeing 727225, Houston, TX, February 14, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1990, 12:45 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAAA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8836E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8836E-1995-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- People aboard: 79
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900214024209I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT WHEN GEAR EXTENDED. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND GREASE ON SENSOR.

## Other reports on N8836E (2)

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

- [Incident 19790218006529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790218006529I), Feb 18, 1979: Boeing 727225 (N8836E), Boston, MA. Returned for landing due to minor pressurization problem obstruction in inlet check valve.
- [Incident 19780201005099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780201005099I), Feb 1, 1978: Boeing 727 (N8836E), Greensboro, NC, Minor damage. Nose wheel tire blew out at touchdown, another during landing roll. Wheel locked with ice from previous takeoff.

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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