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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-222 · Omaha, NE · June 17, 1998

Date
June 17, 1998 · 08:35 local
Place
Omaha, NE
Airport
Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Aircraft
N7294U
Reported as
Boeing 727222
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft on takeoff roll at 80 knots when the #3 engine oil pressure dropped to 36 PSI. The pilot aborted the takeoff. Contract maintenance swapped the #1 and #3 oil pressures gauges, cleaned the cannon plugs and returned the aircraft to service. The aircraft departed without incident.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF ROLL AT 80 KNOTS WHEN THE #3 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO 36 PSI. THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE SWAPPED THE #1 AND #3 OIL PRESSURES GAUGES, CLEANED THE CANNON PLUGS AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WITHOUT INCIDENT.