# Incident 19901214062429I: Boeing 727277, Covington - Cin, OH, December 14, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1990, 13:22 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: N546DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N546DA-2003-06-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727277
- People aboard: 84
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901214062429I

## Narrative

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

FUEL LEAKING FROM LEFT WING. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY. FIBERGLASS BOX FOR NR5 SLAT TRACK REPAIRED.

## Other reports on N546DA (1)

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

- [Incident 19911105060129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911105060129I), Nov 5, 1991: Boeing 727277 (N546DA), Oceanside, CA. Advised of unidentified aircraft. Later climbed in response to TCAS alert. Passed safely.

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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