# Incident 19900322031719I: Boeing 727, Newark, NJ, March 22, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1990, 17:55 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Phase of flight: Holding IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N726AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N726AA-2002-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-227 (registry code 1384078, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-227) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 149
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,451 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900322031719I

## Narrative

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

DECLARED MINIMUM FUEL AND WAS IMMEDIATELY VECTORED TO LAND. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT

## Other reports on N726AA (1)

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

- [Incident 19900822051189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900822051189I), Aug 22, 1990: Boeing 727222 (N726AA), Newark, NJ. Proper exit sign not installed at the correct row. Aircraft had been modified and sign not changed.

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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