# Incident 19990909026629I: Boeing 72717, Reno, NV, September 9, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1999, 11:30 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno/Tahoe International Airport
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4991° N, 119.7681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENO/TAHOE INTL (RNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4991&lon=-119.7681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N311AG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N311AG-2025-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-17 (registry code 138400A, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72717
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D217
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990909026629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C DEPARTED SFO AT TOC (FL 370) A/C EXPERIENCED POWER FLUXIATIONS OF NUMBER 1 AND 3 ENGINES. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO RNO.  FUEL HEAT WAS APPLIED.  AIRCRAFT LANDED AT RNO WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT WITH ALL ENGINES PRODUCING NORMAL POWER.  AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN PRESSURE WASHED THE DAY PRIOR TO FLIGHT.  ALL TANKS WERE SUMPED AND TESTED NEGATIVE FOR WATER.  ALL ENGINE FUEL FILTERS WERE REMOVED, AND FOUND WITHIN TOLERANCE.  ENGINE NUMBER 1 AND 3 EPR REFERENCE LINES WERE DISCONNECTED AND PURGED OF WATER VAPOR WITH NITROGEN GAS.  AIRCRAFT WAS TEST FLOWN WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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