19940116003409I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727223 · Raleigh-Durham, NC · January 16, 1994

Date: January 16, 1994 · 11:00 local
Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: AALA
Aircraft: N890AA
Reported as: Boeing 727223
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard: 143
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 21,000 total

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.

Narrative: at approximately 1015 on 1/17/94, aircraft departed rdu enroute to gcm. During climb crew observed a decrease in oil pressure indication along with a low oil pressure light on the #3 engine. Crew shut down #3 engine and returned to rdu. Aircraft landed without further incident. Maintenance was notified. Due to extent of damage, a replacement of #3 engine was performed. Aircraft awaiting parts for return to service.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AT APPROXIMATELY 1015 ON 1/17/94, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RDU ENROUTE TO GCM. DURING CLIMB CREW OBSERVED A DECREASE IN OIL PRESSURE INDICATION ALONG WITH A LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ON THE #3 ENGINE. CREW SHUT DOWN #3 ENGINE AND RETURNED TO RDU. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE WAS NOTIFIED. DUE TO EXTENT OF DAMAGE, A REPLACEMENT OF #3 ENGINE WAS PERFORMED. AIRCRAFT AWAITING PARTS FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.