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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-214 · Boston, MA · June 6, 1991

Date: June 6, 1991 · 16:34 local
Place: Boston, MA
Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: USAA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N750US
Reported as: Boeing 727214
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D15A
People aboard: 156
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,692 total804 in this make and model168 in the last 90 days

N750USRegistration cancelled Feb 3, 2010 · Boeing 727-214S/N 21512 · Built 1978 Airframe modelBoeing 727-214 Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-9 seriesTurbo-jet

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

NR2 engine failed after departure returned. Third and fourth stage turbine blades exited from tail pipe.

As the FAA filed it

NR2 ENGINE FAILED AFTER DEPARTURE RETURNED. THIRD AND FOURTH STAGE TURBINE BLADES EXITED FROM TAIL PIPE.