# Incident 19900505021749I: Boeing 727295, Indianapolis, IN, May 5, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1990, 13:50 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N701US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N701US-1998-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-295 (registry code 1384075, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-295) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727295
- People aboard: 80
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 120 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900505021749I

## Narrative

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

SYSTEM HYDRAULIC MALFUNCTION. DIVERTED TO INDIANAPOLIS. FOUND INTERNAL FAILURE IN CHECK VALVE FROM GEAR UP LINE.

## Other reports on N701US (1)

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

- [Incident 19900405016019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900405016019I), Apr 5, 1990: Boeing 727295 (N701US), Charlotte, NC. Number four tire went flat on landing rollout.

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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