# Incident 19980127017169I: Boeing 72725, Richmond, VA, January 27, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1998, 04:34 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Richmond International - Byrd Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N510FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N510FE-2006-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-25 (registry code 1384006, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72725
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D7B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,064 total, 5,131 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980127017169I

## Narrative

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

CONTAINED COMPRESSOR FAILURE AT CRUISE POSSIBLY DISK. LANDED NUMBER TWO ENGINE OUT WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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