# Incident 20040619009759I: Boeing 727251, San Francisco, CA, June 19, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2004, 00:21 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GAIA
- Location: 37.6188° N, 122.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6188&lon=-122.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N279US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N279US-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727251
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040619009759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 19, 2004 AIR KITTYHAWK FLIGHT 2878 FROM SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL ENROUTE TO FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, THE CREW EXPERIENCED HIGH OIL PRESSURE AND RISING OIL TEMPERATURE INDICATIONS FROM THE NUMBER 3 ENGINE. THEY PROCEEDED TO REDUCE POWER TO THE NUMBER 3 ENGINE, AND THE OIL TEMPERATURE SPIKED OFF SCALE. AFTER DUMPING 20,000 POUNDS OF FUEL THE CREW RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DETERMINED TO BE SAFE FOR A MAINTENANCE FERRY FLIGHT TO DALLAS/FORT WORTH FOR REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF NUMBER 3 ENGINE. THE PRATT AND WHITNEY JT8D-15A, SERIAL NUMBER 696499, WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE AT KITTY HAWK IN DALLAS/FORT WORTH, PART TT @53,490.6 AND PART TSO @4045.1.

## Other reports on N279US (2)

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

- [Incident 20021010029499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021010029499I), Oct 10, 2002: Boeing 727251 (N279US), Fort Wayne, IN. (-23) Nose landing gear torque link pin missing. Last removed at atlanta, ga (katl) airport for push back.
- [Incident 19910306019739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910306019739I), Mar 6, 1991: Boeing 737200 (N279US), Syracuse, NY, Minor damage. Bird strike on NR2 engine on final approach. Landed safely.

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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