# Incident 19901221062879I: Boeing 72722, Indianapolis, IN, December 21, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1990, 10:00 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMTA
- 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: N283AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N283AT-1993-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-22 (registry code 1384002, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72722
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- People aboard: 131
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901221062879I

## Narrative

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

NR3 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LOW. SHUTDOWN AND RETURNED. REPLACED PRESSURE TRANSMITTER AND SWITCH VENTS.

## Other reports on N283AT (2)

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

- [Incident 19910328016859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910328016859I), Mar 28, 1991: Boeing 72722 (N283AT), Indianapolis, IN. Smoke in cockpit after takeoff. Closed bleed valves and returned. Oil in air conditioning due to over servicing.
- [Incident 19860208019779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860208019779I), Feb 8, 1986: Boeing 72722 (N283AT), Bermuda, BD. Aircraft was 105 miles east of filed course. Omega error due to polar cap anomoly.

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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