# Incident 20000908027509I: Boeing 727251, Greensboro, NC, September 8, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2000, 10:00 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Airport: Piedmont Triad International Airport
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SQ7A
- Location: 36.1013° N, 79.9411° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIEDMONT TRIAD INTL (GSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1013&lon=-79.9411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N282US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N282US-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (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 727251
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000908027509I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AFTER TAKE-OFF, A PORTION OF THE #3 ENGINE NOSE COWL ACOSTIC LINER SEPARATED AND ENTERED ENGINE INTAKE. ATC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.  AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO AIRPORT WITHOUT ENGINE SHUTDOWN.  FLAMES WERE WITNESSED COMING FROM REAR OF #3 ENGINE.  AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N282US (3)

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

- [Incident 20020510018949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020510018949I), May 10, 2002: Boeing 727251 (N282US), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft was reported to have hit tail skid on landing. Arrived at ramp when aircraft was being towed to a remote site. PIC & SIC had departed phl, fe…
- [Incident 19910616025579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910616025579I), Jun 16, 1991: Boeing 727251 (N282US), Buffalo, NY. NR1 engine oil filter by pass light and rising oil temperature on climb. Returned. Had a clogged oil screen.
- [Incident 19870314029529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870314029529I), Mar 14, 1987: Boeing 727251 (N282US), Memphis, TN. Number 1 engine emitted black smoke and had a compressor astall on climbout. Returned. Changed engine.

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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