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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727200 · Middletown, PA · June 29, 1992

Date
June 29, 1992 · 22:33 local
Place
Middletown, PA
Airport
Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FDEA
Aircraft
N478FE
Reported as
Boeing 727200
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
3
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.

NR3 engine low oil pressure. Shut engine down. Diverted to Harrisburg. Found oil pressure switch had failed.

As the FAA filed it

NR3 ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE. SHUT ENGINE DOWN. DIVERTED TO HARRISBURG. FOUND OIL PRESSURE SWITCH HAD FAILED.