# Incident 19901025054449I: Boeing 72722C, Buffalo, NY, October 25, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1990, 07:38 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RYNA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N427EX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N427EX-2007-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-22C (registry code 138400F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-22c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72722C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,700 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 113 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901025054449I

## Narrative

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

LOST A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM EN ROUTE. RETURNED TO BUFFALO. NR2 SLAT ACTUATOR HAD CRACKED. HYDRAULIC FLUID LEAKED OUT.

## Other reports on N427EX (3)

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

- [Incident 19980415010009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980415010009I), Apr 15, 1998: Boeing 72722C (N427EX), Kansas City, MO. Narrative: per pilot remarks, at approximately 1115Z and 130 miles northeast of mci we had a complete "a" hydraulic system failure (quantity and pressure).…
- [Incident 19900404014549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900404014549I), Apr 4, 1990: Boeing 72722C (N427EX), Dayton, OH. Odor of gasoline in cockpit. Boxes in main cargo compartment were wet and had odor. FAA security checking cargo.
- [Incident 19891024056349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891024056349I), Oct 24, 1989: Boeing 72722C (N427EX), Buffalo, NY. Vapor from NR1 engine on rollout. Found fuel dripping from nacelle. Cracked o ring on transmitter replaced.

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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