# Incident 19910417019949I: Boeing 727243, Cleveland, OH, April 17, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1991, 09:04 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 41.4094° N, 81.8547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLEVELAND-HOPKINS INTL (CLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4094&lon=-81.8547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N289US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N289US-2004-05-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727243
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 17
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910417019949I

## Narrative

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

LOW FUEL. DIVERTED TO HOPKINS. FUELERS USED INACCURATE GAUGE. CREW DID NOT NOTICE FUEL AMOUNT.

## Other reports on N289US (1)

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

- [Incident 19851116065659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851116065659I), Nov 16, 1985: Boeing 727251 (N289US), Minneapolis, MN. Aileron controls stiff and emergency declared. Safe landing. Ratio spring cartridge, aileron pulley were binding.

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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