# Incident 19990120005769I: Boeing 727214, Kansas City, MO, January 20, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1999, 11:13 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- 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
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990120005769I

## Narrative

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

(-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 VERIFIED WITH THE KITTY HAWK MECHANIC MIKE MURRAY THAT THE OIL TANK DRAIN VALVE WAS OPEN.  THIS VALVE SHOULD BE CLOSED AND SAFETY WIRED SHUT.  THIS VALVE BEING OPEN CAUSED THE OIL TO DRAIN.  LOCAL MECHANICS CLOSED AND SAFETY THE VALVE, SERVICED THE ENGINE WITH APPROXIMATELY 16 QTS. OF OIL, AND PERFORMED AN ENGINE RUN AND LEAK CHECK.  NO FURTHER LEAKS WERE NOTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  INCIDENT # CE99IAC0029 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THE REPORT.

## Other reports on N751US (1)

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

- [Incident 19980807027579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980807027579I), Aug 7, 1998: Boeing 727214 (N751US), Kansas City, MO. 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…

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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