# Incident 19980807027579I: Boeing 727214, Kansas City, MO, August 7, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1998, 17:28 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GAIA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N751US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N751US-2009-04-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-214 (registry code 138407R, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-214) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 (registry code 51732, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727214
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980807027579I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKE OFF FROM MCI, PILOT REPORTED #1 ENGINE STRUT OVERHEATAED FOLLOWED BY A BURNING SMELL. REDUCED POWER FOR #1 ENGINE TO ZERO AND OVERHEAT LIGHT WENT OUT AFTER 3-4 MINUTES. AIRCRAFT LANDED UNDER WEIGHT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. FOUND 6TH STAGE DUCT CLAMPS LEAKING IN PYLON. REPOSITIONED AND RETORQUD CLAMPS. RAN ENGINE 80% N2 WITH NO LEAKS OR OVERHEAT LIGHT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. INCIDENT #CE98IAC0109 IS CLOSED WITH REPORT.

## Other reports on N751US (1)

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

- [Incident 19990120005769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990120005769I), Jan 20, 1999: Boeing 727214 (N751US), Kansas City, MO. (-5)On 1-20-99 kitty hawk flt 503 mhr-tol diverted to mci due to loss of engine oil from the #1 engine. Inspectors witnessed the opening of the cowling and…

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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