- Date
- January 6, 1987, 09:32 local (14:32 UTC)
- Place
- Tampa, FL
- Injuries
- 148 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6819Boeing 727-223
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870106005649I
- Case key
- 31789
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The regularly scheduled air carrier flight was climbing to altitude when the engine oil pressure and quantity dropped to zero on the #3 engine; it was shut down. Shortly thereafter, the #1 engine oil pressure dropped to zero. It was reduced to idle and the flight diverted and executed normal landing. The #3 engine lost oil due to a failed oil pressure tube to the # 6 bearing. The #1 engine lost oil due to oil contamination with hydraulic fluid. Interviews with American airlines and contract maintenance personnel that had serviced the acft within the previous 30 days revealed no discrepancies that would have allowed hydraulic fluid to enter the oil system. The #3 eng oil pressure tube was lost in transit by aal freight presonnel so it could not be examined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6819
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-223
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19494
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-9, 17,400 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- American Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · December 4, 1986 · 218 hours before
- Departed
- FLL · Ft.Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- DFW · Dallas, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.