# Incident 19911031054119I: Boeing 727277, Albany, NY, October 31, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1991, 12:20 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N521DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N521DA-2010-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727277
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 125
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911031054119I

## Narrative

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

DROP IN OIL PRESSURE AND QUANTITY IN NR2 ENGINE. SHUT DOWN. TUBINE FAILURE. OIL LEAK IN AREA OF TRANSMITTER.

## Other reports on N521DA (3)

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

- [Accident 19991127042849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991127042849A), Nov 27, 1999: Boeing 727232 (N521DA), New York, NY, No damage. On novemer 11, 1999, at 1300 EST, a delta flight #1749, had a tow bar separation during push back. As the a/c was ina transition mode from pushing to pulling,…
- [Incident 19881227069669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881227069669I), Dec 27, 1988: Boeing 727232 (N521DA), West Palm Beach, FL. A system hydraulic pressure zero. Unsafe gear door light. Gear extended manually. Door actuator replaced.
- [Incident 19881014063479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881014063479I), Oct 14, 1988: Boeing 727232 (N521DA), Seattle, WA. Overshot runway on landing rollout. Nosewheel on stopway. Pushed back to taxi. Possible hydroplaning.

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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