# Incident 19901226062259I: Boeing 72722, Indianapolis, IN, December 26, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1990, 23:37 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- 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: N181FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N181FE-2002-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-22 (registry code 1384002, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72722
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D17A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 114 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901226062259I

## Narrative

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

NR2 ENGINE FAILURE AFTER ROTATION. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N181FE (1)

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

- [Incident 19990218011409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990218011409I), Feb 18, 1999: Boeing 72722 (N181FE), Rochester, NY. On Thursday, February 18, 1999, a B-727-22, federal express flight 1492 extended the landing gear during approach to Rochester international airport. The NLG…

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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