# Incident 19971222043879I: Boeing 727232, Birmingham, AL, December 22, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1997, 17:30 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N532DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N532DA-2004-08-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727232
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,800 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971222043879I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: #3 ENGINE OIL QUANTITY IND. INTERNAL FAILURE (SHORT). NO DAMAGE TO ANY OTHER COMPONENT. INDICATOR WAS MGO'D AND ISOLATED FROM SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N532DA (2)

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

- [Incident 19960413015199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960413015199I), Apr 13, 1996: Boeing 727232 (N532DA), Jackson, MS. Narrative: the aircraft was being pushed from gate 16 (jan) to the taxiway. Due to construction near the gate, ground personnel were required to push the…
- [Incident 19820308008529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820308008529I), Mar 8, 1982: Boeing 727232 (N532DA), Chicago, IL. Za during climb the leading edge slat did not retract. Intransit light came on. Flap switch was 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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