# Incident 19911224061229I: Boeing 7272S2F, Houston, TX, December 24, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1991, 22:50 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N217FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N217FE-2013-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-2S2F (registry code 1384081, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-2s2f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17A (registry code 51733, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-17a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7272S2F
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D17
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911224061229I

## Narrative

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

NR2 ENGINE OIL FILTER BYPASS LIGHT CAME ON DURING TAKEOFF. RETURNED. FOUND OIL PRESSURE SWITCH BAD.

## Other reports on N217FE (1)

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

- [Incident 20111014024599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111014024599I), Oct 14, 2011: Boeing 727-2S2F (N217FE), Des Moines, IA, No damage. On short final, the the crew reported an intermittent indication of smoke in the cargo bay. The intermittent indication then changed to the light and alarm,…

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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