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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727200 · Raleigh-Durham, NC · November 7, 1993

Date
November 7, 1993 · 16:00 local
Place
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Airport
Raleigh-Durham International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Aircraft
N818AA
Reported as
Boeing 727200
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
57
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.

Smoke in cabin on climb. Returned. Landed safely. NR3 engine had large amount of oil at eight duct check valve.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN CABIN ON CLIMB. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY. NR3 ENGINE HAD LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL AT EIGHT DUCT CHECK VALVE.