# Incident 19960530016799I: Boeing 72725C, Albany, NY, May 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1996, 06:30 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany County
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N118FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N118FE-2002-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-25C (registry code 138400H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-25c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72725C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960530016799I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APPROACH TO ALB, CREW EXPERIENCED "A" SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FAILURE. CREW PERFORMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT ALB. MAINTENANCE LOCATED CRACKED TEE FITTING AND LINE ON THE LEFT WING INBOARD SPOILER ACTUATOR. BOTH HYDRAULIC PUMPS, FILTERS, LEFT WING INBOARD SPOILER PRESSURE AND RETURN LINES, AND TEE FITTING WAS REPLACED. HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS WERE SERVICED, AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS MATTER IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N118FE (1)

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

- [Incident 19881006044679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881006044679I), Oct 6, 1988: Boeing 72725C (N118FE), Newark, NJ, Minor damage. Aborted takeoff due to uncontained failure of NR4 turbine wheel of NR3 engine. Engine and cowling replaced.

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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