19951105047079I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727227 · Raleigh-Durham, NC · November 5, 1995

Date
November 5, 1995 · 10:49 local
Place
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Airport
Raleigh-Durham International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Aircraft
N722AA
Reported as
Boeing 727227
People aboard
72
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,800 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: while en-route from lga to mia, crew observed an excessive rise on the oil pressure gauge through all phases of flight, the indicator continued to rise into the precautionary range with a correspondent drop of one (1) gallon of oil quantity. Crew selected to accomplish precautionary engine shutdown. Crew reported that as throttle for #3 engine was retarded to idle oil temperature exceeded 160 degrees. Crew elected to divert flight to Raleigh-Durham airport, for maintenance. Aircraft landed and taxied to parking at rdu without further incident. Maintenance inspected #3 engine, engine removal and replacement in process.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE EN-ROUTE FROM LGA TO MIA, CREW OBSERVED AN EXCESSIVE RISE ON THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE THROUGH ALL PHASES OF FLIGHT, THE INDICATOR CONTINUED TO RISE INTO THE PRECAUTIONARY RANGE WITH A CORRESPONDENT DROP OF ONE (1) GALLON OF OIL QUANTITY. CREW SELECTED TO ACCOMPLISH PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUTDOWN. CREW REPORTED THAT AS THROTTLE FOR #3 ENGINE WAS RETARDED TO IDLE OIL TEMPERATURE EXCEEDED 160 DEGREES. CREW ELECTED TO DIVERT FLIGHT TO RALEIGH-DURHAM AIRPORT, FOR MAINTENANCE. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO PARKING AT RDU WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED #3 ENGINE, ENGINE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT IN PROCESS.