# Incident 20010807022059I: Boeing 727225, Rochester, NY, August 7, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2001, 07:00 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8889Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8889Z-2006-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010807022059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 7, 2001, BOEING 727-225, N8889Z, FLIGHT 460, OPERATED BY DELTA AIRLINES, PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FROM ROCHESTER, NEW YORK TO ATLANTA, GEORGIA, DURING THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY, DISCOVERED THE #1 ENGINE OIL QUANTITY INDICATOR LOW. THE FLIGHT CREW MONITORED THE #1 ENGINE. DURING THE ENGINE MONITORING PROCEDURES, SMOKE WENT INTO THE COCKPIT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONDED. ON ARRIVAL, THE FIRE AND RESCUE TEAM SHOT WATER AND FOAM MIXTURE INTO THE ENGINE EXHAUST OUTLET. THE MECHANIC FLUSHED #1 ENGINE FOLLOWING THE COMPANY PROCEDURES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO ATLANTA TO REPLACE THE #1 ENGINE. AN OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N8889Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19900212013759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900212013759I), Feb 12, 1990: Boeing 727225 (N8889Z), Sarasota - Brad, FL, Minor damage. Noise and vibration from NR3 engine. Shutdown and landed. Suspect blue ice ingestion from forward lavatory leak.

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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