# Incident 19920423015919I: Boeing 727251, Milwaukee, WI, April 23, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1992, 13:00 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Airport: General Mitchell Field
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 42.9469° N, 87.8971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL MITCHELL INTL (MKE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9469&lon=-87.8971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N286US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N286US-2004-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727251
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15A
- People aboard: 155
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,300 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920423015919I

## Narrative

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

HYDRAULIC QUANTITY DROP EN ROUTE. DIVERTED TO MILWAUKEE. FOUND A SYSTEM HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TRANSMITTER WAS LEAKING.

## Other reports on N286US (1)

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

- [Incident 19920206014519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920206014519I), Feb 6, 1992: Boeing 727251 (N286US), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. While taxiing to gate, left wing tip of aircraft struck a parked pallet loader.

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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