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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 747-123 · Kansas City, MO · July 27, 1991

Date
July 27, 1991 · 18:45 local
Place
Kansas City, MO
Airport
Kansas City International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
IPXA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N671UP
Reported as
Boeing 747123
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9D7A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
80 in the last 90 days

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.

Loss of oil on NR4 engine on climb. Shut engine down. Returned. Engine being changed. Suspect NR3 bearing air seal.

As the FAA filed it

LOSS OF OIL ON NR4 ENGINE ON CLIMB. SHUT ENGINE DOWN. RETURNED. ENGINE BEING CHANGED. SUSPECT NR3 BEARING AIR SEAL.