# Incident 19920927045529I: Aerosp ATR42320, Houston, TX, September 27, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1992, 16:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Ellington Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: BRIA
- Location: 29.6073° N, 95.1587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLINGTON (EFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6073&lon=-95.1587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34820, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34820-2004-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-320 (registry code 8680930, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW121 (registry code 52124, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw121) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR42320
- Reported engine: PWA PW121
- People aboard: 29
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,850 total, 450 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920927045529I

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ON. LANDED SAFELY. PASSENGERS EVACUATED ON RUNWAY. METAL PARTICLES FOUND IN OIL TANK

## Other reports on N34820 (3)

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

- [Incident 20011013028359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011013028359I), Oct 13, 2001: Aerosp ATR42320 (N34820), Newark, NJ, Substantial damage. (-23) At 1900E Continental express (jetlink) flight 3354, an ATR42-320 struck 2 canadian geese about 8 miles from yardley, pa enroute from norfolk (orf), VA to…
- [Incident 19960907030159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960907030159I), Sep 7, 1996: Aerosp ATR42320 (N34820), Rochester, NY. Narrative: on September 7, 1996 at 1118 EDT, an aerospace ATR-42, N34820, flight 3623, operated by Continental express, inc. during level flight experienced a…
- [Incident 19951004043799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951004043799I), Oct 4, 1995: Aerosp ATR42320 (N34820), Newark, NJ. Narrative: after completing before start check list, switched prop brake to off, got unlock light, prop started spinning. After approx. 10 sec. We smelled…

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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