# Incident 20000216003269I: Boeing 737210C, Kotzebue, AK, February 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2000, 19:01 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Ralph Wien Memorial
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASAA
- Location: 66.8848° N, 162.5981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALPH WIEN MEML (OTZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8848&lon=-162.5981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N743AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N743AS-2005-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-210C (registry code 1384459, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 series (registry code 52049, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-17-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737210C
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D17
- People aboard: 48
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000216003269I

## Narrative

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

AT TOP OF DESCENT, A VIBRATION WAS FELT AND DETERMINED TO BE FROM NUMBER ONE ENGINE. OVER STATION NUMBER ONE ENGINE OIL QUANTITY WAS NOTED AT ZERO AND LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED.  SECURED ENGINE WITH EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N743AS (3)

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

- [Incident 19870210007239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870210007239I), Feb 10, 1987: Boeing 737210C (N743AS), Biorka, AK, Minor damage. Number 2 csd failed. Fire in APU during attempted start. Discharged fire bottle and diverted.
- [Incident 19870129005199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870129005199I), Jan 29, 1987: Boeing 737210C (N743AS), Mcgrath, AK. Return seen on weather radar at FL350 not identified as traffic by ats. Return unidentifiable.
- [Incident 19861227075999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861227075999I), Dec 27, 1986: Boeing 737210C (N743AS), Sitka, AK. Lost power on number 2 engine during climb. Power returned. Returned to airport. Cause of failure undetermined.

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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