# Incident 19991005029179I: Boeing 727230, San Antonio, TX, October 5, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1999, 10:24 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 29.5340° N, 98.4691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANTONIO INTL (SAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5340&lon=-98.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17407, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17407-2002-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-243 (registry code 138408D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-243) (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 727230
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9
- People aboard: 99
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991005029179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 5, 1999, A CONTINENTAL AIRLINES B727, AIRCRAFT, FLIGHT NUMBER 623, DECLARED AND EMERGENCY LANDING AT SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH A NO. 2 ENGINE SHUT DOWN LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CAPTAIN'S IRREGULARITY REPORT IDENTIFIED THE CREW AS PETE BLAKE (CAPTAIN), EDWARD ENGGLESTON (FIRST OFFICER), AND DYER AS (SECOND OFFICER).  CONTINENTAL FLIGHT 623 DEPARTED HOUSTON, TEXAS, EN-ROUTE TO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS WHEN CRUISING AT 13,00FT THE NO. 2 ENGINE FAILED WITH HIGH ENGINE OIL TEMP ACCOMPANIED WITH SEVERE VIBRATION.  THE NO 2. ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND SAT ATC WAS NOTIFIED OF THE EMERGENCY CONDITION.  THE CREW LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, FIRES, OR INJURIES.  FURTHER INVESTIGATION NOTED THAT THE NO. 2 ENGINE WAS CONTAINED AND EXCESSIVE OIL WETTING DRAINING FROM THE EXHAUST AREA AND LOWER ENGINE DRAINS.  THIS INFORMATION WAS FORWARDED TO THE CMO FOR TOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION.  ASI JUDE SELLERS FROM THE HOU FSDO REPORTED WITNESSING A BORESCOPE INSPECTION CONDUCTED BY CONTINENTAL AIRLINES WHICH IDENTIFYING THAT THE NO. 4 BEARING HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N17407 (1)

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

- [Incident 19951118041849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951118041849I), Nov 18, 1995: Boeing 727230 (N17407), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Substantial damage. Narrative: shortly after t.o. from ft. Lauderdale international airport (fll) Continental airlines flight 382 aircraft N17407 experienced #3 engine fire…

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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