# Incident 19900228008009I: Boeing 727200, Covington - Cin, OH, February 28, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 1990, 20:31 local time
- Place: Covington - Cin, OH
- Airport: Greater Cincinnati International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 40.1170° N, 84.3507° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Covington, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1170&lon=-84.3507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N518DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N518DA-2013-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727200
- People aboard: 115
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900228008009I

## Narrative

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

LOWER AFT BODY OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. RETURNED. FOUND A BROKEN WIRE AT RIGHT ISOLATION VALVE.

## Other reports on N518DA (1)

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

- [Incident 19790123003489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790123003489I), Jan 23, 1979: Boeing 727232 (N518DA), Cross City, FL. Two flight attendants injured when flight encountered turbulence.

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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