35.1495° N, 90.0490° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 3, 1993 · 14:58 local
Place
Memphis, TN
Airport
Memphis International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
RIVA
Aircraft
N6167D
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
173
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
18,000 total12,000 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days
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.
A system hydraulic fluid leak in flight. Precautionary landing. Found leak in right wing slat accuator.
As the FAA filed it
A SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FLUID LEAK IN FLIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. FOUND LEAK IN RIGHT WING SLAT ACCUATOR.