# Incident 19980316036529I: Boeing 727251, Miami, FL, March 16, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1998
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: S84A
- Location: 25.7954° N, 80.2901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI INTL (MIA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7954&lon=-80.2901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N267US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N267US-2003-11-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727251
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D5
- People aboard: 174
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980316036529I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON FLIGHT FROM MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA, TO NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, N267US, A BOEING 727, LOST CABIN PRESSURE. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, DESCENDED TO A LOWER ALTITUDE AND DIVERTED TO MAIMI, FLORIDA. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. A PIECE OF INSULATION WAS BLOCKING THE OUTFLOW VALVE IN THE OPEN POSITION.

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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