# Incident 19970130002919I: Boeing 727231, Omaha, NE, January 30, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1997, 20:37 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54341 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727231
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9A
- People aboard: 27
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970130002919I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON THURSDAY, JAN. 30, 1997, N54341, A BOEING 727-231, OPERATED BY TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., AS FLIGHT 260, EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN ROLLBACK OF THE NUMBER TWO ENGINE N1 AND N2 FOLLOWING TAKEOFF FROM EPPLEY AIRFIELD, OMAHA, NE. THE FLIGHT CREW RETURNED TO OMAHA AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION REVEALED A FAILED FUEL CONTROLLER, MFG. P/N 378200, WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. A GROUND POWER ASSURANCE RUN WAS CONDUCTED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. AN SDR IS TO BE SUBMITTED TO ACE-FSDO-05. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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