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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-223 · San Antonio, TX · June 15, 1991

Date
June 15, 1991 · 08:20 local
Place
San Antonio, TX
Airport
San Antonio International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Aircraft
N872AA
Reported as
Boeing 727223
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D15
People aboard
109
Fatal injuries
0

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.

NR1 engine fire warning on climb. Shut down and returned. Found 8th stage bleed air duct ruptured.

As the FAA filed it

NR1 ENGINE FIRE WARNING ON CLIMB. SHUT DOWN AND RETURNED. FOUND 8TH STAGE BLEED AIR DUCT RUPTURED.