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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-225 · Newark, NJ · March 5, 1990

Date
March 5, 1990 · 15:25 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Airport
Newark International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Aircraft
N8890Z
Reported as
Boeing 727225
People aboard
148
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,480 total10,459 in this make and model

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.

Lost pressurization. Emergency descent. Masks deployed. Replaced auto pressure controller and regulator.

As the FAA filed it

LOST PRESSURIZATION. EMERGENCY DESCENT. MASKS DEPLOYED. REPLACED AUTO PRESSURE CONTROLLER AND REGULATOR.