40.2009° N, 76.7292° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 23, 1990 · 11:15 local
Place
Middletown, PA
Airport
Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N766US
Reported as
Boeing 727222
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D17
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
19,000 total1,500 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days
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.
Engine flamed out two times en route. Shut down and made precautionary landing.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE FLAMED OUT TWO TIMES EN ROUTE. SHUT DOWN AND MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING.