# Incident 19780108050579I: Boeing 727247, Los Angeles, CA, January 8, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1978, 16:30 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WAL
- Location: 34.0522° N, 118.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0522&lon=-118.2437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2811W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2811W-2000-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-247 (registry code 138408F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727247
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 118
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780108050579I

## Narrative

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

TAKEOFF ABORTED DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE.

## Other reports on N2811W (1)

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

- [Incident 19990316018449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990316018449I), Mar 16, 1999: Boeing 727247 (N2811W), Syracuse, NY. (-5) On March 16, 1999, flight 1606, a B-727-200, N2811W, operated by delta airlines, inc., made an emergency landing at Syracuse international airport,…

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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