# Incident 19951118041849I: Boeing 727230, Ft Lauderdale, FL, November 18, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 1995, 14:20 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17407, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17407-2002-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-243 (registry code 138408D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-243) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727230
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951118041849I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: SHORTLY AFTER T.O. FROM FT. LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (FLL) CONTINENTAL AIRLINES FLIGHT 382 AIRCRAFT N17407 EXPERIENCED #3 ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATING. POWER REDUCED AND LIGHT WENT OUT. FUEL DUMPED, AND FLIGHT 382 RETURNED TO FLL. NOTE: #3 ENGINE WAS NOT SHUT DOWN. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY, WITH NO INJURY TO PASSENGER'S OR CREW. PROBLEM ATTRIBUTED TO RUPTURED 13 STAGE AIR MANIFOLD. ESCAPING AIR CAUSED FIRE WARNING SYSTEM TO ACTIVATE, AND ESCAPING AIR ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE UPPER ENGINE COWLING. COWLING AND MANIFOLD WERE REPLACED, AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N17407 (1)

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

- [Incident 19991005029179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991005029179I), Oct 5, 1999: Boeing 727230 (N17407), San Antonio, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On October 5, 1999, a Continental airlines B727, aircraft, flight number 623, declared and emergency landing at San Antonio International Airport with a…

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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